Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky - an outstanding Russian prose writer, philosopher, poet, literary critic, playwright. Merezhkovsky's works did not leave anyone indifferent. He was hated, he was envied, he was admired. The release of each of his works caused, if not a scandal, then heated debate and a lot of conflicting responses. Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky is one of the largest Russian writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. His creative heritage - prose, philosophical and literary-critical works, poetry, biographies - withstood the test of time with honor and entered the golden fund of Russian and European classics of the twentieth century. Merezhkovsky was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature as the most European of Russian writers.