Pyotr Pertsov
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Pertsov in 1890s
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Пётр Петрович Перцов June 16, 1868 Kazan, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 19, 1947 (aged 78) Moscow, USSR |
| Occupation | poet, literary critic, publisher, editor, memoirist |
| Years active | 1880s – 1930s |
Pyotr Petrovich Pertsov (Пётр Петрович Перцов, 16 June 1868, Kazan, Russian Empire, — May 19, 1947, Moscow, USSR) was a Russian poet, publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist associated with the Russian Symbolist movement.
Pyotr Petrovich Pertsov was born in Kazan, a son of Pyotr Petrovich, the youngest of the four Pertsov brothers. His uncles Vladimir, Konstantin and Erast were well-known journalists; the latter, a poet, in 1831-1832 was closely linked to Alexander Pushkin. Pyotr Pertsov studied in the 2nd Kazan Gymnasium. In 1887 he enrolled into the Kazan University to study law. He graduated in 1892.
In 1890 Pertsov published his first poems in Saint Petersburg newspapers Nedelya (Week) and Novosti (News) to some favourable reviews, including the one by Afanasy Fet. In 1892 he became friends with Nikolai Mikhaylovsky and joined the staff of Russkoye Bogatstvo, then a liberal narodnik's magazine, as a head of the bibliography department. The infatuation with narodnichestvo, though, was short-lived and a year later Pertsov quit. In 1894, engaged by his new friends, Valery Bryusov, Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Fyodor Sologub, he started to contribute to Severny Vestnik, the Russian Symbolist movement's early tribune.
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