Educated at the Kreiman gymnasium and the Polivanov gymnasium, Bryusov was considered a socially inept eccentric by his teachers. He had begun to write poetry when he was only 8 and this would remain his major genre for the remainder of his life. In 1884, he collaborated with A.A. Lang in producing Russian Symbolists, an anthology of which all the poems had been written by Bryusov. The appearance of the work caused a great deal of attention and helped to establish the Russian Symbolist movement. In 1895, he published Masterpieces, a collection of verse and in 1898, he became the editor of the Russian Archive. That year, he also founded the publishing house Scorpion, exclusively dedicated to Symbolism. In 1900, he published a collection of verse, Third Vigil, which finally won him some critical acclaim. In 1904, he became the editor of Libra, and was recognized as the leader of the Russian Symbolist movement. In 1906, he published his most successful work, The Wreath. Bryusov also dabbled in science fiction, producing The Republic of the Southern Cross in 1907. He became a member of the Communist Party after the Bolshevik revolution and from 1918-1919 was the manager of the Department of Public Education. His other works include Third Guard (1900), To Hail and Harmony (1903), Melodious Everything (1909), Shady Mirror (1912), Seven Colours of the Rainbow (1916), Last Dreams (1920), In These Days (1921), An Instant (1922), Distances (1922) and Rush (1924). |
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