Innokenty Annensky
Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky (; (1 September [
O.S. 20 August] 1855,
Omsk – 13 December [
O.S. 30 November] 1909,
Saint Petersburg) was a poet, critic, scholar, and translator, representative of the first wave of
Russian Symbolism, although he was not well known for his poetry until after his death. In fact, Annensky never wrote professionally; he made little to no income from writing. Instead, he spent his career in academia as a full-time professor and administrator, translator of classic Greek works, and writer of essays and reviews. Despite this, Annensky is considered to be one of the most significant Russian poets from the early 20th century. Critics have cited Annensky's connection to
French Symbolism and to the French poet
Stéphane Mallarmé for their shared use of "associative symbolism." Annensky was considered to be an under-recognized or neglected poet, but he later gained recognition, particularly in the West, because a number of later Russian poets, such as
Mandelstam,
Akhmatova,
Pasternak, and
Mayakovsky, were inspired and influenced by his work.
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