Konstantin Olimpov
Illustration — Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov (Russian: Константин Константинович Олимпов) (1889–1940) Birth name Konstantin Konstantinovich Fofanov (Russian: Константин Константинович Фофанов) Konstantin Olimpov was a poet and son of Symbolist poet Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov (1862–1911). Along with Igor Severyanin, Olimpov was one of the founding members of Ego-Futurism. A disagreement between Olimpov and Severyanin caused Severyanin to leave the group of Ego-Futurists in the autumn of 1912.
Also recorded as Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov
Konstantin Olimpov
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- Born
- 1889 · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 1940 · Omsk.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
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- poet
- Fields
- poetry · futurism
- Languages
- Russian
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Illustration — Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov (Russian: Константин Константинович Олимпов) (1889–1940) Birth name Konstantin Konstantinovich Fofanov (Russian: Константин Константинович Фофанов) Konstantin Olimpov was a poet and son of Symbolist poet Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov (1862–1911). Along with Igor Severyanin, Olimpov was one of the founding members of Ego-Futurism. A disagreement between Olimpov and Severyanin caused Severyanin to leave the group of Ego-Futurists in the autumn of 1912.
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Born at Saint Petersburg in 1889, died in Omsk in 1940.
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1889
Konstantin Olimpov was born on 17 September 1889.
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Konstantin Olimpov died on 17 January 1940.
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- 1.Lauwers, Lenie. Igor'-Severjanin: his life and work--the formal aspects of his poetry. Peeters Publishers. 13. 1993. 978-90-6831-491-5.
- 2.Markov, Vladimir. Russian futurism: a history. University of California Press. 69. 1968. 438701.
- 3.Lawton, Anna M. Words in revolution: Russian futurist manifestoes, 1912-1928. New Academia Publishing. 23. 2005. 978-0-9744934-7-3.
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