Beschrijving
's-Gravenhage, W.P. van Stockum & Zoon, 1919, 27pp. original softcover paper binding, binding loose from block, some edges frayed, Translated from Russian by Mej. E. en L. de Haas. Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (Russian: Ëåîíè́ä Íèêîëà́åâè÷ Àíäðǻåâ, 21 August [O.S. 9 August] 1871 – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature. He is regarded as one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age literary period. He later supported the February Revolution of 1917, but foresaw the Bolsheviks' coming to power as catastrophic. In 1917 he moved to Finland. From his house in Finland he addressed manifestos to the world at large against the excesses of the Bolsheviks. An idealist and a rebel, Andreyev spent his last years in bitter poverty, and his premature death from heart failure may have been hastened by his anguish over the results of the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917. He finished his last novel, Satan's Diary, a few days before his death. Leaflet warning the world about the dangers of the communist/bolshevik revolution. Scarce.
