Results for "Kuzmin, Mikhail"

A key text in the history of gay literature, Wings was published in 1906 to the scandalized reaction of contemporary society and the generations which followed. Its central theme of aestheticized sensuality has drawn comparisons with the work of contemporaries Oscar Wilde and André Gide. The young V... Read More about Wings (Hesperus Modern Voices)

He was an avowed homosexual, and his progressive debut novel Wings, the first gay-themed book to be published in Russia, created a scandal when released in 1906. But his open lifestyle made writing increasingly difficult for him under Stalin’s regime, and his works were not reprinted for over forty ... Read More about Selected Prose & Poetry