Let Us Be Like the Sun

Let Us Be Like the Sun
First edition cover
AuthorKonstantin Balmont
Original titleБудем как Солнце
Publication date
1903
Publication placeRussia
Media typePrint

Let Us Be Like the Sun is the sixth book of poetry by Konstantin Balmont, first published in 1903 by Scorpion in Moscow.[1]

For an epigraph, Balmont has chosen the words of Anaxagoras: "I entered this world to see the Sun."[2]: 578  The book came out with a dedication to Valery Bryusov, Sergey Poliakov, Yurgis Baltrushaitis and Lucy Savitskaya.[3]

  1. ^ Vengerov, Semyon. "Konstantin Dmitriyevich Balmont". Brockhaus and Efron / Russian Biographical Dictionary. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference makogonenko was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Zaytsev, Boris. "Remembering the Silver Age". Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved 2010-07-01.