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Vasily Rozanov (died the 5th of February 1919) was a Russian writer and philosopher, regarded as one of the most controversial figures among the symbolists of the pre-revolutionary era. He was known for trying to reconcile Christian teachings with ideas of healthy sex and family life, for his deliberately paradoxical writing style, and for his trilogy comprising Solitaria (1911) and two volumes of Fallen Leaves (1913 and 1915).
Nikolai Berdyaev, described as Rozanov's adversary, said that Rozanov "set up sex in opposition to the Word." This phrase captured the central tension in Rozanov's philosophy, which placed bodily and erotic existence in direct conflict with religious doctrine.
Rozanov starved to death in a monastery during the hungry years that followed the Russian Revolution. He died on the 5th of February 1919.
Rozanov's loosely connected trilogy consists of Solitaria, published in 1911, and two volumes of Fallen Leaves, published in 1913 and 1915. In these books he attempted to recreate the intonations of actual speech through personal diaries, aphorisms, reminiscences, and unfinished maxims.
Maxim Gorky and Venedikt Erofeev were among Rozanov's prominent admirers. His ideas are also thought to have influenced Vladimir Nabokov's approach to everyday existence (byt) as something utopian. Rozanov was also the main source of inspiration for Dmitry Galkovsky's 1988 philosophical novel The Infinite Deadlock.
Rozanov first attracted attention in the 1890s through political sketches published in the conservative newspaper Novoye Vremya ("New Time"), which was owned and run by Aleksey Suvorin. His paradoxical commentary brought him into clashes with both the Tsarist government and radicals such as Lenin.