Nikolai Gumilev

thumb|Nikolai Gumilev Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; Russian: Николай Степанович Гумилёв; 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1886 – 26 August 1921) was a Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a co-founder of the Acmeist movement. He was the husband of Anna Akhmatova and the father of Lev Gumilev. Nikolai Gumilev was arrested and executed by the Cheka, the secret Soviet police force, in 1921. Quotes Солнце, сожги настоящееВо имя грядущего,Но помилуй прошедшее! Sun, burn the present in the name of the future, but have mercy on the past! "Prayer", Pearls (1907–1910), Richard McKane, tr. The Pillar of Fire and Selected Poems (1999), p. 65, Burton Raffel & Alla Burago, tr. Selected Works of Nikolai S. Gumilev (1972), p. 44 И вам чужд тот безумный охотник,кто взойдя на нагую скалу —в пьяном счастье в тоске безотчетнойпрямо в солнце пускает стрелу. That crazy hunter is alien to youWho having climbed the naked cliffIn drunken happiness, in unaccountable anguish,Lets go an arrow right at the sun. "To a Girl", Alien Sky (1910–1912), McKane (1999), p. 73 И как пчелы в улье опустеломДурно пахнут мертвые слова. And like bees in a deserted hiveDead words smell bad. "The Word", Pillar of Fire (1918–1921), McKane (1999), p. 166 External links Category:1886 births Category:Poets from Russia Category:Literary critics Category:Executed people Category:1921 deaths