Dmitry Filosofov

Dmitry Vladimirovich Filosofov (Russian: Дми́трий Влади́мирович Филосо́фов; 7 April [O.S. 26 March] 1872 – 4 August 1940) was a Russian author, essayist, literary critic, religious thinker, newspaper editor and political activist, best known for his role in the influential early 1900s Mir Iskusstva circle and part of quasi-religious Troyebratstvo (The Brotherhood of Three), along with two of his closest friends and spiritual allies, Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius.

Dmitry Filosofov
BornDmitry Vladimirovich Filosofov
7 April [O.S. 26 March] 1872
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died4 August 1940(1940-08-04) (aged 68)
Otwock, Poland
Occupationliterary critic, essayist, editor, political activist
NationalityRussian
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University
Period1897–1940
RelativesAnna Filosofova (mother)

Following the Bolshevik Revolution he emigrated to Poland.

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