Mikhail Kuzmin

Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Кузмин; * 6 Oktoberjul / October 18 1872greg in Yaroslavl, Russia, .. † March 3, 1936 in Leningrad, Soviet Union ) was a Russian writer and composer. While he remained largely unknown as a composer, he has gained more importance as a literary figure of the so-called " Silver Age ".

Life

Mikhail Kuzmin came from noble proportions. In 1885, the family moved to Saint Petersburg. At the St. Petersburg Conservatory, he studied under Nikolai Rimsky -Korsakov 1891-1894 music. Later he worked as a freelance writer.

He wrote poems, novels and plays. As a composer he wrote operettas, musical comedies, pantomimes, remained in this area but completely unknown.

Mikhail Kuzmin spoke fluent German and Italian.

Work (selection)

  • Istoriia rystsaria de Alessio, (1905 ), play
  • Krilya (wing ), 1906, novel
  • Alexandrian Songs, 1906, poems
  • The Adventures of Aime Leboeuf, (1907 ), novel
  • The Wondrous Life of Joseph Balsamo Count Cagliostro (1910 ), novel
  • Music Box of Love ( 1910), poems
  • The Travels of Sir John Fairfax by Turkey and other notable countries (1923, unaltered reprint 2012, ISBN 978-3-942836-02-9 ), Roman

Swell

  • Out 800 famous lesbian, gay, bisexual, 2004, cross- Verlag.
  • Women love men Love A gay and lesbian literary history in portraits, Suhrkamp Verlag.
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