GORODETSKY Sergei Mitrofanovich

Born in 1884. a noble family, studied at the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg University. Early attracted the attention of "pagan poetry". In them, based on the ideas of Ivanov on the "myth", he tries to recreate the cult of the ancient sun god of love Yarily and "bestial" primitive spontaneity slavyanorussa. Good knowledge of folk poetry and organic experience gave her moods poetic language Gorodetsky brightness and brilliance, although in this ethnographically and archaeological populism is not enough and pretentiousness and artificiality. Lyrics Gorodetskogo collected in books: "Yar" (1907 and 1909), Perun (1907), "Wild Will" (1908 and 1910), "Rus" (1910), "Ia" (poems for children). For the collected works of Moliere, edited Vengerov Gorodeckij translated "obnoxious" and "Learned Ladies". Few successful stories and novels Gorodetsky, moreover, is not alien to pornography. They are collected in the books "Cemetery of passion" (1909) and "Tales and Stories" (1910). Gorodetsky Activity athlete as a critic and reviewer in the "Speeches" and "Apollo". Last time (1913) gave a sermon "acmeism", protesting against the vague uncertainties of symbolism and requires clarity and brightness of mood and image. S. In.