- Yuly Aikhenvald
Yuly Aikhenvald or Eichenwald ( _ru. Юлий Исаевич Айхенвальд, "Yuliy Isayevich Aikhenvald";
24 January 1872 -17 December 1928 ) was a RussianJewish literarycritic who developed a native brand ofAestheticism and went down in history as "a Russian version ofWalter Pater " (Vladimir Nabokov 's assessment). [ [http://books.google.com/books?spell=1&as_brr=0&q=%22Russian+version+of+Walter+Pater+&btnG=Search+Books "Russian version of Walter Pater - Google Book Search ] at books.google.com]Life
Aikhenvald was born in Balta into a
rabbi 's family and attended the New Russia University inOdessa , where he developed a lasting interest inSchopenhauer 's ideas. After moving toMoscow in 1895 he employed a number of pen-names, including "Yu. Ald" (Ю. Альд) and "B. Kamenetzki" (Б. Каменецкий).Aikhenvald followed Schopenhauer in that art is irrational and that the essence of it can be reached only by dint of
intuition . He panned most Russian literary critics for applying social and utilitarian criteria to literature and for producing political journalism in the guise of artistic criticism.Following the Russian Revolution Aikhenvald was briefly arrested and then, in 1922, exiled to
Germany where he involved himself in several high-profile émigré publications. His life was cut short by atram accident inBerlin .Family
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Natalia Shvedova (born 1916) - his daughter, a lexicographer
*Alexander Aikhenvald (1899-1941) - his son, an economist
*Yury Aikhenvald (1928-1993) - his grandson, a dissident
*Alexandra Aikhenvald (born 1957) - his great-granddaughter, a linguistBooks
* In his best-known book "Silhouettes of Russian Writers" (1909) Aikhenvald offers a series of memorable impressionistic sketches of major Russian authors and their works. His argument that
Ivan Turgenev was a second-rate writer caused an outcry in the conservative literary circles.Quotes
* "There are no literary movements, only writers. There is no society, only individuals". [ [http://feb-web.ru/feb/slt/abc/lt1/lt1-3231.htm Ëüâîâ-Ðîãà÷åâñêèé. Èñòîðèÿ ëèòåðàòóðû è ìåòîäû åå èçó÷åíèÿ // Ñëîâàðü ëèòåðàòóðíûõ òåðìèíîâ. Ò. 1. 1925 (òåêñò) ] at feb-web.ru]
Online resources
* [http://apologetika.com/index.php?module=Dict_V&func=display&tid=4 ÌÅ× è ÒÐÎÑÒÜ :: ïðàâîñëàâíûé ìîíàðõè÷åñêèé æóðíàë ] at apologetika.com
* [http://www.rulex.ru/01010150.htm Àéõåíâàëüä Þëèé Èñàåâè÷ ] at www.rulex.ru
* [http://www.krugosvet.ru/articles/72/1007269/1007269a1.htm ÀÉÕÅÍÂÀËÜÄ, ÞËÈÉ ÈÑÀÅÂÈ× ] at www.krugosvet.ru
* [http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_a/aihenwald.html Àéõåíâàëüä Þëèé Èñàåâè÷ ] at www.hrono.ruNotes
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