Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Valery Bryusov
Born: December 13, 1873
Died: October 9, 1924 (aged 50)
Bio: Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian. He was one of the principal members of the Russian Symbolist movement.
Known for:
- The Fiery Angel (1908)
- Republic of the southern cross
- Tertia Vigili
- Sem' Tsvetov Radugi
- Perepiska, 1904-1913