13 march 1890 in the life and works of Balmont

The article is concerned with one of the key events of K. Balmont’s life — his suicide attempt on the 13 th of March 1890. Balmont had never forgotten that day, he wrote about it in his autobiographical works. The attempt is also mentioned in a variety of memoirs and biographical essays dedicated to him. Nevertheless, this «super-event» hadn’t been thoroughly explored in context of Balmont’s creative life as a key detail of his autobiographical myth. Balmont’s prosaic writings and poetic recollections of the 13 th of March are analyzed in the article from this point of view.

K. Balmont, autobiographical myth, super-event, life, death, immortality