Miss Silver Age. What destroyed the marriage of Berberova and Khodasevich

Nina Berberova appeared on & nbsp; light 8 & nbsp; on August 8, 1901 in & nbsp; Saint PETERSBOURG. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming a writer, although those close to her were not at all happy with it. Nina's grandfather was a famous doctor, her ancestors founded the city of Nakhichevan-on-Don, now this land is located in the territory of Rostov. Grandpa hoped the granddaughter would follow & nbsp; its traces, but & nbsp; Nina did not want to & nbsp; in & nbsp; who did not want to associate his life with & nbsp; such a mundane profession. She, unlike her peers, didn't like to play with dolls, she loved to read. And & nbsp; went to study at the & nbsp; Faculty of History and Philology.

I met & nbsp; & mdash; and & nbsp; fell in love

In & nbsp; 1919 the family had to move to & nbsp; Rostov-on-Don. In her hometown, Nina was only able to return in 1921. She entered the Institute of Art History and joined the All-Russian Union of poets. There she entered an incredible business, which included Nikolay Gumilyov, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Lev Lunts . Nina plunged into the magical world of literature. And & nbsp; in & nbsp; 1922 was published and & nbsp; his & nbsp; first poem. It was heard by the venerable already in & nbsp; these & nbsp; years writer Vladislav Khodasevich … He decides to meet a talented young poet. Their & nbsp; meeting took place during the & nbsp; evenings of the Serapion brothers, where the poets read their poems. Among the speakers was Vladislav Khodasevich. True, at that time the handsome poet was married.

After a poetry evening, Nina Berberova decided to approach a handsome man. She asked him for an autograph. True, for a long time it was not & nbsp; could pronounce the surname of Khodasevich & nbsp; & mdash; Felitsianovich. She tells him that she also writes poetry. He asked to read it. And this is how their & nbsp; romance has begun.

Khodasevich did not & nbsp; started to hide for a long time that he had met another, and & nbsp; confessed to & nbsp; all his wife. But & nbsp; the spouse was against divorce. Khodasevich rushed from & nbsp; young mistress at & nbsp; usual life with & nbsp; woman and & nbsp; could not decide on & nbsp; com & nbsp; stop the choice. Nina & nbsp; did not know for a long time that Khodasevich is not & nbsp; free. It & nbsp; went to rest with & nbsp; his wife, and & nbsp; then wrote letters to Nina. By the way, these letters were forwarded by a friend of Khodasevich & nbsp; Korney Chukovsky . But & nbsp; Nina, in & nbsp; finally discovering the truth, broke with & nbsp; his beloved and & nbsp; didn't want to hear anything about & nbsp; him. They say that & nbsp; Khodasevich, on edge, even began to have convulsions. After these events, Khodasevich's wife & nbsp; Anna Chulkova-Grenzion in & nbsp; suddenly, everything & nbsp; has resigned himself to & nbsp; his departure and & nbsp; even decided to tell her rival about it: she invited her & nbsp; to return to & nbsp; Vladislav.

Take-away meals

And & nbsp; Nina took this advice. Khodasevich and & nbsp; Berberova wanted to create together in the & nbsp; new revolutionary company being created at their & nbsp; eyes. But this environment has proven to be too aggressive towards creative personalities. After Gumilyov's arrest and execution, Khodasevich invited Nina to leave her homeland. It was a huge loss for our poetry , Andrey Voznesensky at & nbsp; her time was called Nina Berberova 'Miss Silver Age'. For the poet, the departure of Khodasevich and & nbsp; Berberova marked the end of that same Silver Age in & nbsp; Russian poetry.

After leaving the Soviets, the spouses first surrendered to & nbsp; Berlin, but & nbsp; could not live long in the & nbsp; Russian colony, so they continued their journey further to & nbsp; Sorrento. Maxim Gorky, who lives in & nbsp; this Italian city, invited them to work together in & nbsp; his almanac 'Conversations'. This work became a landmark for Nina Berberova, where she met Maria Zakrevskaya, the prototype of the protagonist of her famous book The Iron Woman.

But & nbsp; and & nbsp; to & nbsp; Sorrento Khodasevich and & nbsp; Berberova did not stay, they decided to try their luck in & nbsp; Paris. In & nbsp; the most romantic city in the world with & nbsp; the work was tight. In order not to starve, Nina had to take care of no business. She didn't just write poetry, but worked as a typist, embroidering on napkins and tablecloths. But & nbsp; literature has always been the main one. This is when the cycle of his stories, Biyankur Holidays, The Last and the First, The Lady and Without Sunset, comes out.

Saga of & nbsp; life

Immigration difficulties did not unite the spouses, on the contrary, they began to move away from each other. Khodasevich constantly fell into the & nbsp; depression: in & nbsp; Europe it & nbsp; was not so requested, and & nbsp; and & nbsp; the longing for his country tormented him constantly. And & nbsp; Nina was fed up with constantly listening to the negative she wanted to create. And & nbsp; in & nbsp; 1932, Nina Berberova left her husband for the sake of the artist Nikolai Makeev.

In & nbsp; 1950, Nina Berberova moved to & nbsp; United States. There she met the & nbsp; pianist Georgy Kochevitsky , it & nbsp; becomes his & nbsp; third husband. On & nbsp; another continent, the writer began to teach Russian in & nbsp; Yale University and & nbsp; Russian literature at & nbsp; Princeton. After work, Nina sat in the enclosure as always. She devoted a lot of time to her main book & nbsp; & mdash; autobiography “ Italics to me. & # 39; & # 39; “ And & nbsp; here I & nbsp; now i don't & nbsp; to plant trees, & nbsp; tinker with & nbsp; bees, do not dig into strawberries. I am writing a saga about & nbsp; my life, on & nbsp; myself, in which I & nbsp; am free to do whatever I want, to reveal secrets and to & nbsp; keep them & nbsp; for myself, talk about & nbsp; myself, talk about & nbsp; of others, no & nbsp; of & nbsp; that, stop at & nbsp; at any time close this notebook, forget it, hide it & nbsp; far. I & nbsp; assumes all responsibility for & nbsp; six hundred pages written and & nbsp; & nbsp; six hundred unwritten, & nbsp; all faiths, & nbsp; all default values. For & nbsp; speech and & nbsp; for & nbsp; breaks. Everything that is written here is written according to & nbsp; two laws that I & nbsp; recognized and & nbsp; that I respect: first: open up to the & nbsp; end, and & nbsp; second: hide your life for yourself alone, & nbsp; & mdash; this is what Nina Berberova said about & nbsp; his main book.

Nina Berberova does not & nbsp; became on September 26, 1993 & nbsp; year. During & nbsp; several years before & nbsp; this she managed to get to & nbsp; seething after perestroika in Russia. But & nbsp; did not want to stay in & nbsp; & nbsp; and returned to & nbsp; United States. According to the will, a full year after Berberova's death, the lights were on in her home in the United States.

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