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Russian modernist writer, Alexei Mikhailovich Remizov, did not belong to
any particular movement. During his long and prolific literary career
(1902-1957) he always experimented with old and often forgotten Russian words
and expressions trying to revitalize the language. As a true Modernist, Remizov
cultivated paradox and myth in life and writing. In 1908 he created a secret
literary society "The Great Free Order of the Apes" (with its acronym
Obezvelvolpal) ruled by the King Asyka. Remizov himself was a permanent Scribe
of the Order and later invented its own Charter and personally designed hundreds
of Deeds (Gramotas). In his designs he often used the Glagolitic letters
(Old Slavonic alphabet). His literary game, started as a pure joke, later became
a favorite entertainment for many famous Russian intellectuals such as Ivan
Bunin, Nikolai Berdiaev, Vasilii Rozanov, Lev Shestov, Alexei Tolstoy and
others.
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