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Poet, patron of the arts.  Critic of Oscar Wilde.  Partnered with John Gray, though converted to Catholicism and in public kept a distance.  Regarded as an expert on homosexuality at the time, based on his view that homosexual orientation is equivalent to heterosexual though practices are sinful.
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Poet, patron of the arts and noted critic of Oscar Wilde.  Partnered with John Gray, though converted to Catholicism and in public kept a distance.  Regarded as an expert on homosexuality at the time, based on his view that homosexual orientation is equivalent to heterosexual though practices are sinful.

Revision as of 00:50, 11 August 2013

Country

Russia

Birth - Death

1864 - 1934

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Description

Poet, patron of the arts and noted critic of Oscar Wilde. Partnered with John Gray, though converted to Catholicism and in public kept a distance. Regarded as an expert on homosexuality at the time, based on his view that homosexual orientation is equivalent to heterosexual though practices are sinful.