Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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