Zinaida Gippius

Zinaida Gippius

Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, (Russian: Зинаи́да Никола́евна Ги́ппиус; ; November 20, 1869, Belyov - September 9, 1945, Paris, France) was a Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker, regarded as a co-founder of Russian symbolism and seen as "one of the most enigmatic and intelligent women of her time in Russia". She was married to philosopher Dmitriy Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky. Their union lasted 52 years and is described in Gippius's unfinished book Dmitry Merezhkovsky (Paris, 1951; Moscow, 1991).