Aleksey Mihaylovich Remizov

Russian novelist. Born into a Moscow merchant family, he studied natural sciences at Moscow University. He joined a radical group, was arrested and exiled, then released and began his career as a writer. He is a representative writer of the Neo-Realist movement, which aimed to combine realistic and fantastical elements. His works include Sisters of the Cross (1910), The Fifth Evil (1912), and The Tale of the Fall of the Land of Rus (1918), but even after his exile in Paris (1921), he continued to write works such as Whirlwind Russia (1929) and In the Rose-Colored Glow (1952). While influenced by Gogol and Dostoevsky, his unique style, which is based on folklore motifs and style and incorporates the techniques of symbolic poetry, influenced Zamyatin and others.

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ロシアの小説家。モスクワの商人の家に生まれ、モスクワ大学で自然科学を学んだ。急進的グループに加わり、逮捕、流刑を経て釈放され、作家活動に入る。写実的要素と幻想的要素の融合を目ざした新写実派を代表する作家である。作品に『十字架の姉妹』（1910）、『第五の悪』（1912）、『ルーシの地の滅亡の物語』（1918）があるが、パリ亡命（1921）後もなお『うずまくロシア』（1929）、『バラ色の輝きの中で』（1952）などの作品を書き続けた。ゴーゴリ、ドストエフスキーの影響を受けながら、根幹に民間伝承のモチーフや文体を置き、象徴詩の技巧を取り入れた特異な作風で、ザミャーチンらに影響を与えた。

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