Background
Alexander Sergeevich Voznesensky was born on February 28, 1880, in Voznesensk, Mykolayivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine He was born in the family of the county doctor.
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Alexander Sergeevich Voznesensky was born on February 28, 1880, in Voznesensk, Mykolayivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine He was born in the family of the county doctor.
At the end of the gymnasium in Nikolaev, Alexander Sergeevich entered the Faculty of Medicine in 1897, then passed 4 courses in the Faculty of Law (in 1902 he left his studies before final exams because of his marriage to actress V.L. Yureneva).
Since 1902 Alexander Sergeevich regularly published Sunday feuilletons and reviews of literary novelties in the newspaper Odessa News, stories and articles in the magazine In the world of art (1907), poetry in the satirical magazine Pity (1905), Satyricon and New Satyricon.
Since 1902 Alexander Sergeevich regularly prints Sunday feuilletons and reviews of literary novelties in the newspaper Odessa News, stories and articles in the magazine In the world of art (1907), poetry in the satirical magazine Pity (1905), 1913- in the Satyricon.
The only poetry collection The Way of the Arsphere (1913) includes as verses of an abstract philosophical plan (Judas, Me and You, Agasfer, Fr. Nietzsche, The One Way, Pan), as well as intimate psychological (I do not like you, a dark woman, etc.).
Alexander Sergeevich studied at the drama studio of the Moscow Philharmonic society in 1898. The main themes of the author’s plays, including Flowers on Wallpaper ( 1913), which were shown in many theaters in the capital, are love, jealousy, and hatred, which transform the underlined everyday atmosphere of gray everyday life into dramatically experienced extreme situations. The play The End of the Masquerade (Saint Petersburg, 1914; its plot resemblance to the play by M.P. Artsybashev Jealousy) was perceived as an anti-feminist pamphlet (Ladybug, 1916). As a result of the play Tears, filmed by A.A. Khanzhonkov in 1914 and having great success, Voznesensky’s work in the cinema begins, according to his scripts.
On November 5, 1937, Alexander Sergeevich was arrested on charges of anti-Soviet agitation. By a resolution of the Special Meeting of December 27, 1937, he was exiled to Kazakhstan for five years.
Alexander Sergeevich was keen on photography. He had a large collection of photographs and autographs.