Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (Russian: Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbrʲusəf] ; 13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1873 – 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, dra...