Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
Author of The Bedbug and Selected Poetry
About the Author
Mayakovsky was one of Russia's most important avant-garde poets. A member of the Futurist group of painters and poets in the century's second decade, he became noted for his flamboyant public appearances, aesthetic iconoclasm, and very real verbal brilliance. Early involvement with the Bolsheviks show more in 1908 was followed years later by endorsement of the new Soviet government. Mayakovsky placed his talents at the service of the Soviet state, although his dreams for radical cultural changes were rebuffed by the new rulers, most of whom had relatively conservative tastes in literature. During the civil war and the 1920's, Mayakovsky wrote a great deal of agitational verse of varying quality; he also wrote film scenarios and two plays. A notable figure in the Soviet Union, with a considerable international reputation, he was allowed to travel abroad. However, he also drew harsh criticism for his deviation from the increasingly rigid cultural norms. This, combined with problems in his personal life, ultimately led to his suicide at age 36---an event that resounded greatly in Soviet culture. Mayakovsky was a great innovator in versification, striking in his use of extravagant metaphor and hyperbole. His experiments with rhythm, rhyme, and language affected many poets, and this originality went hand in hand with great lyric talent, often refracted through comic and tragic personas. Among his most important achievements are his long narrative poems, such as "A Cloud in Trousers" (1915), "War and the World" (1916), and "About That" (1923). Also excellent are his plays, "The Bedbug" (1928) and "The Bathhouse" (1929)---brilliant satires of Soviet philistinism and bureaucracy. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Vladimir Vladimirovitch Maïakovski en 1924
Works by Vladimir Mayakovsky
Backbone Flute: Selected Poetry Of Vladimir Mayakovsky (English and Russian Edition) (2008) 28 copies
The Fire Horse: Children's Poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Osip Mandelstam and Daniil Kharms (2003) 11 copies
Opere scelte: poesie poemi teatro 7 copies
Cinema cinema 6 copies
För full hals och andra dikter 5 copies
América/ My Discovery of America: Relato de viaje de un poeta ruso en Nueva York/ Travel Story of a Russian poet in… (2011) 5 copies
Antologia poética 5 copies
Poesia II (1917-1920) : L'home i altres poemes. 150.000.000. Poemes d'agitació. Les finestres de la Rosta. Anuncis (1982) 5 copies
7. : Teatro e altri scritti 4 copies
Il cavallino di fuoco 4 copies
Trinaesti apostol 3 copies
Iz djela (Selected works) 2 copies
Autobiografia e poemas 2 copies
3. : Opere : Poesie : 1926-1928 2 copies
3 Plays Articles Essays 2 copies
4: Poesie 1928-1930 2 copies
Pesme 2 copies
Я сам 2 copies
Eilėraščiai: Poemos: Pjesės 2 copies
33 Poemas 2 copies
Poesie 2 copies
De wandluis 2 copies
Флейта-Позвоночник 2 copies
OPERE SCELTE. Poesie, Poemi, Teatro. Traduzione di Bruno Carnevali, Giovanni Crino, Mario De Micheli, Giovanni Ketoff,… (1978) 2 copies
MAIAKOVSKI: POEMAS. (Translated by) Boris Schnaiderman / Augusto e Haroldo de Campos. (1982) 2 copies
Di cento soli arde il tramonto 2 copies
Marcia di sinistra 2 copies
Sochineniya v dvukh tomakh 2 copies
Bone! Poemoj de l' Oktobro 2 copies
Vladimir Mai︠a︡kovskiĭ : kniga dli︠a︡ chtenii︠a︡ s kommentariem na angliĭskom i︠a︡zyke : Russian… (1989) 2 copies
Gedichte (Ausgewählte Werke, I) 2 copies
Θεατρικά 1 copy
Acerca de esto 1 copy
Antología poética 1 copy
33 Poesias 1 copy
Poemas esenciales 1 copy
La Chinche, El Baño 1 copy
lo bueno y lo malo 1 copy
Valdimir Mayakovsky: Poems 1 copy
Vladimir Ilici Lenin 1 copy
Trei poeme de dragoste 1 copy
Пощёчина Общественному Вкусу 1 copy
私自身(自伝) (マヤコフスキー叢書) 1 copy
風呂 (マヤコフスキー叢書) 1 copy
Stikhotvoreniia 1 copy
Volodya: Selected Works 1 copy
Париж 1 copy
О Дряни 1 copy
Сергею Есенину 1 copy
Письмо Татьяне Яковлевой 1 copy
ガガ版 南京虫―奇想喜劇 1 copy
とてもいい! (マヤコフスキー叢書) 1 copy
これについて (マヤコフスキー叢書) 1 copy
Come far versi 1 copy
Antologia poética 1 copy
Poema Lenin 1 copy
La chinche 1 copy
Vers et prose 1 copy
Lirika 1 copy
Misterio bufo 1 copy
Маяковский. Библиотека поэта 1 copy
Vladimir Maiakovskiy 1 copy
Poética: como fazer versos 1 copy
MINHA DESCOBERTA DA AMÉRICA 1 copy
Poèmes Maiakovski 1913-17 1 copy
Kem byt' 1 copy
Ausgewählte Werke 1 copy
Werke 1 copy
Pesie 1 copy
Gedichte 1 copy
1. : Poesie : 1912-1923 1 copy
2. : Poesie : 1923-1926 1 copy
5. : Poemi 1 copy
Opere 1912-1921 1 copy
Opere 1922-1925 1 copy
Opere 1926-1927 1 copy
Opere 1928-1930 1 copy
Il poema di Lenin 1 copy
Проза. Драматургия 1 copy
Dlya Golosa 1 copy
Trame urbane 1 copy
Поэмы; Пьесы; Проза 1 copy
I corrispondenti operai 1 copy
7й Том из 13 1 copy
Majakovskij 1 copy
Væggelusen 1 copy
Il bagno 1 copy
Jubilee 1 copy
Стихотворения. Поэмы. Пьесы 1 copy
Wie macht man Verse? 1 copy
150 Millionen 1 copy
Opere - 5-poemi 1 copy
Ein Tropfen Teer : Reden u. Aufsätze / Wladimir Majakowski. [Aus d. Russ. übertr. von Hugo Huppert] 1 copy
Publizistik 1 copy
Frühe Gedichte 1 copy
Werke Gedichte Band I.2 1 copy
Werke : [Werkausgabe Edition Suhrkamp in 10 Bänden] Bd. 5 1 Publizistik. Aufsätze und Reden [...] 1 copy
Hören Sie zu! Auswahl aus dem Gesamtwerk. Deutsch von Hugo Huppert. Hrsg.u. Nachwort von Lothar Kossuth. (1974) 1 copy
De wandluis 1 copy
Majakowski Werke Nr. 3 - Stücke, Bühnenwerke und Filmszenarien ( deutsche Dichtung von Hugo Huppert - it 79 ) (1974) 1 copy
Tragödie Wladimir Majakowski. Wölkchen in Hosen. Poem: Russisch und Deutsch, übertragen von Alexander… (2002) 1 copy
Schwitzbad 1 copy
Ode alla rivoluzione 1 copy
La cimice 1 copy
Стихотворения 1 copy
Т. 1 1 copy
Сочинения в трех томах 1 copy
Человек 1 copy
Raamat-loomaaed 1 copy
Flauta 1 copy
Stjenica 1 copy
Lastele : [luuletused] 1 copy
Mis on hea ja mis on halb 1 copy
MAF 3, 1922 1 copy
Стихотворения. Поэмы. Пьесы 1 copy
Lutikas ; Saun : [näidendid] 1 copy
Poezi futuriste 1 copy
Associated Works
Anthology of Russian Literature in the Soviet Period from Gorki to Pasternak (1960) — Contributor — 69 copies
近代ロシア詩集 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Mayakovsky, Vladimir
- Legal name
- Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovich
- Birthdate
- 1893-07-19
- Date of death
- 1930-04-14
- Burial location
- Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Bagdadi, Georgia, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Cause of death
- possible suicide
- Places of residence
- Moscow, Russia
- Education
- Moscow Art School
- Occupations
- poet
dramatist
artist
actor - Relationships
- Brik, Lili (Compagne)
- Short biography
- Ten days after Mayakovsky's death, the investigating officer was himself killed, fuelling speculation about the nature of Mayakovsky's death.
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