Nikolay Gumilev

Nikolay Gumilev Poems

Gumilev, the son of a naval physician, graduated from the Tsarskoye Selo lycee, whose principal at the time was the poet Innokenty Annensky. He studied philology at the University of St. Petersburg and in Paris from 1907 to 1914, when he also traveled widely in Italy, Africa, and the Near East. He was Anna Akhmatova’s first husband.

Gumilev led the Acmeist poets in their objection to the mysticism of the Symbolists, calling for a return to clear language and concrete imagery. In the precision of his lines we encounter classical models of the stanza. Gumilev poetry greatly influenced the early Nikolai Tikhonov and to this day serves as a school of creative craftsmanship for young writers. To some tastes, his verse seems overloaded with artificial romantic trappings; however, his best work will always remain treasures of Russian poetry, expressing a direct, virile, and heroic attitude toward life.

Gumilev fought as a volunteer in World War I and then served on the staff of the Russian Expeditionary Force in Paris. He made his way back to Russia in 1918, where he lectured widely and was invited by Maxim Gorky to work in the editorial office of the publishing house Vsemirnaya Literatura. He was elected to succeed Alexander Blok as president of the All-Russian Union of Poets, which came into being just after the Revolution.

Gumilev was shot in 1921 by the Bolsheviks on charges of counterrevolutionary conspiracy. His poetry was not published in the USSR from 1925 to 1986.

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in german

Nikolai Gumiljow, gedichte (deutsch)

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in french

Nikolaï Goumilev, des poèmes (français)

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in spanish

Nikolai Gumiliov, poemas (español)

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in bulgarian

Николай Гумильов, стихотворения (български)

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in hebrew

ניקולאי גומיליוב, שירים (עברית)

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in italian

Nikolaj Gumilëv, poesie (italiano)

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in catalan

Nikolai Gumiliov, poemes (català)

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in chinese

尼古拉 古米廖夫, 詩 (中文)

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in slovak

Nikolaj Gumiljov, básne (slovenský)

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in ukrainian

Микола Гумільов, вірші (українська)

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in croatian

Nikolaj Gumilev, pjesme (hrvatski)

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in esperanto

Nikolaj Gumilov, poemoj (esperanto)

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in estonian

Nikolai Gumiljov, luuletused (eesti)

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in japanese

ニコライ グミリョフ, 詩 (日本語)

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in new norwegian

Nikolaj Gumiljov, dikt (nynorsk)

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in persian

نیکولای گومیلیف, اشعار (فارسی)

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in greek

Νικολάι Γκουμιλιόφ, ποιήματα (ελληνικά)

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in turkish

Nikolay Gumilyov, şiirler (türkçe)

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in portuguese

Nikolay Gumilyov, poemas (português)

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in hungarian

Nyikolaj Gumiljov, versek (magyar)

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in polish

Nikołaj Gumilow, wiersze (polski)

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in dutch

Nikolaj Goemiljov, gedichten (nederlands)

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in georgian

ნიკოლაი გუმილიოვი, ლექსები (ქართული)

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in czech

Nikolaj Gumiljov, básně (čeština)

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in vietnamese

Nikolay Gumilyov, những bài thơ (tiếng việt)

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in romanian

Nikolai Gumiliov, poezii (română)

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in lithuanian

Nikolajus Gumiliovas, eilėraščiai (lietuvių)

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in serbian

Николај Гумиљов, песме (српски)

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in belarusian

Мікалай Гумілёў, вершы (беларуская)

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in kazakh

Николай Гумилев, өлеңдер (қазақша)

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in arabic

غوميليوف نيكولاي, قصائد (العربية)

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in azerbaijani

Nikolay Qumilyov, şeirlər (azərbaycan)

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