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Leonid Andreyev

Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period. Andreyev's style combines elements of realist, naturalist, and symbolist schools in literature.
years of life: 21 August 1871 12 September 1919

Quotes

Bram Van Langenhas quoted2 days ago
And if we, Russians, who live so closely together in constant misery, understand one another so poorly that we mercilessly put to death those who should be pitied or even rewarded, and reward those who should be punished by contempt
Bram Van Langenhas quoted2 days ago
And if my truthful story about seven of the thousands who were hanged will help toward destroying at least one of the barriers which separate one nation from another, one human being from another, one soul from another soul, I shall consider myself happy.
Bram Van Langenhas quotedyesterday
My task was to point out the horror and the iniquity of capital punishment under any circumstances.
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