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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). [1] Along with Igor Severyanin, Olimpov was one of the founding members of Ego-Futurism. [2] A disagreement between Olimpov and Severyanin caused Severyanin to leave the group of Ego-Futurists in the Autumn of 1912. [3] He also co-founded The Academy of Ego-Poetry with fellow Ego-Futurists Graal Arelsky.

References

  1. ^ Lauwers, Lenie (1993). Igor'-Severjanin: his life and work--the formal aspects of his poetry. Peeters Publishers. p. 13. ISBN  978-90-6831-491-5.
  2. ^ Markov, Vladimir (1968). Russian futurism: a history. University of California Press. p.  69. OCLC  438701.
  3. ^ Lawton, Anna M. (2005). Words in revolution: Russian futurist manifestoes, 1912-1928. New Academia Publishing. p. 23. ISBN  978-0-9744934-7-3.