Sergei esenin death

Death-mask of Sergei Yesenin from the collection of the Museum Reserve in Konstantinovo home village of the poet in Ryazan region. Known for a few short stories, Vsevolod Garshin — was an undoubtedly talented but little-read writer.

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While more or less functional, Garshin was always aware that he was ill and lived a normal life, but then the sickness would flare up. In his final years, the disease returned stronger than ever, and he had to spend several months in an asylum in , but doctors could only provide him with temporary relief. In the end, he did it himself, unable to tolerate fear and insanity.

Unlike Garshin, Daniil Kharms — , a writer famous for his absurdist poems and stories, as well as witty experiments with language, had no mental issues. Nevertheless, he faked schizophrenia in order to avoid being drafted to fight against Germany. The idea of fighting and shooting people terrified Kharms, who had German origins and was a pacifist.

In , when World War II had already begun, he simulated mental illness and received an official status that allowed him not to serve in the military. Still, he was gloomy about the future. Sent to an asylum in Leningrad now St.