Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev

Russian poet
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Also known as: Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoriev
Quick Facts
Grigoryev also spelled:
Grigoriev
Born:
c. July 20 [Aug. 1, New Style], 1822, Moscow, Russia
Died:
Sept. 25 [Oct. 7], 1864, St. Petersburg
Subjects Of Study:
art criticism

Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev (born c. July 20 [Aug. 1, New Style], 1822, Moscow, Russia—died Sept. 25 [Oct. 7], 1864, St. Petersburg) was a Russian literary critic and poet remembered for his theory of organic criticism. He argued that the aim of art and literature, rather than being to describe society, should instead be to synthesize the ideas and feelings of the artist in an organic and intuitively felt unity that has nothing to do with real life. Grigoryev grew up in the merchants’ quarter of Moscow and attended the University of Moscow, where he came in contact with the currents ...(100 of 240 words)