Ego-Futurism
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Ego-Futurism was a Russia
n literary movement of 1910s, developed within the Russian Futurism
by Igor Severyanin
and his early followers. Ego-Futurism was born in 1911, when Severyanin published a small brochure entitled Prolog (Ego-Futurism). Severyanin decried excessive objectivity of the Cubo-Futurists, advocating a more subjective attitude. Although other Russian Futurists dismissed the Ego-Futurists as puerile and vulgar, Severyanin argued that his advancement of outspoken sensuality, neologisms and ostentatious selfishness qualifies as futurism
. The Ego-Futurists significantly influenced the Imaginists
of the 1920s.
Russia
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n literary movement of 1910s, developed within the Russian Futurism
Russian Futurism
Russian Futurism is the term used to denote a group of Russian poets and artists who adopted the principles of Filippo Marinetti's "Manifesto of Futurism"...
by Igor Severyanin
Igor Severyanin
Igor Severyanin was a Russian poet who presided over the circle of the so-called Ego-Futurists.Igor was born in St. Petersburg in the family of an army engineer. Through his mother, he was remotely related to Nikolai Karamzin and Afanasy Fet. In 1904 he left for Manchuria with his father but later...
and his early followers. Ego-Futurism was born in 1911, when Severyanin published a small brochure entitled Prolog (Ego-Futurism). Severyanin decried excessive objectivity of the Cubo-Futurists, advocating a more subjective attitude. Although other Russian Futurists dismissed the Ego-Futurists as puerile and vulgar, Severyanin argued that his advancement of outspoken sensuality, neologisms and ostentatious selfishness qualifies as futurism
Futurism (art)
Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized and glorified themes associated with contemporary concepts of the future, including speed, technology, youth and violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane and the industrial city...
. The Ego-Futurists significantly influenced the Imaginists
Imaginism
Imaginism was a poetic flow inside Russian avant-garde which came about after the Revolution of 1917. It was founded in 1918 in Moscow by a group of poets including Anatoly Marienhof, Vadim Shershenevich, and Sergei Yesenin, who wanted to distance themselves from the Futurists; the name may have...
of the 1920s.
Poets related to Ego-Futurism
- Sergey Alymov
- Vadim Bayan
- Vasilisk GnedovVasilisk GnedovVasilisk Gnedov was one of the most radically experimental poets of Russian Futurism, though not as prolific as his peers.Gnedov is chiefly known for his Poem of the End, which consisted of its title alone on a blank page, and which the poet performed on stage using a silent gesture...
- Graal ArelskyGraal ArelskyGraal Arelsky , born Stepan Stepanovich Petrov was a poet of Ego-Futurism in Russia. He co-founded the Academy of Ego-Poetry with fellow Ego-Futurist Konstantin Olimpov....
- Georgy IvanovGeorgy IvanovGeorgii Vladimirovich Ivanov was a leading poet and essayist of the Russian emigration between the 1930s and 1950s.As a banker's son, Ivanov spent his young manhood in the elite circle of Russian golden youth. He started writing pretentious verses, imitative of Baudelaire and the French...
- Ivan Ignatiev
- Pavel Kokorin
- Ivan Lukash
- Igor SeveryaninIgor SeveryaninIgor Severyanin was a Russian poet who presided over the circle of the so-called Ego-Futurists.Igor was born in St. Petersburg in the family of an army engineer. Through his mother, he was remotely related to Nikolai Karamzin and Afanasy Fet. In 1904 he left for Manchuria with his father but later...
- Dmitri KryuchkovDmitri KryuchkovDmitri Aleksandrovich Kryuchkov Russian: Дмитрий Александрович КрючковA poet of Ego-Futurism in Russia in the 1910s. Much of his poetry had themes of landscapes and religion. His first book of poetry was entitled "Padun Nemolchnyi" published in 1913...
- Konstantin OlimpovKonstantin OlimpovKonstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov Real name Konstantin Konstantinovich Fofanov...
- Rurik Ivnev
- Vadim ShershenevichVadim ShershenevichVadim Gabrielevich Shershenevich was a Russian poet.-Earlier years:Shershenevich was born in Kazan, Russia on 25 January 1893 . He was the son of professor of Law Gabriel Feliksovich Shershenevich, a Polish national and a deputy of the first State Duma from the Constitutional Democratic party and...
- Georgy Shengeli
- Pavel ShirokovPavel ShirokovPavel Dmitrievich Shirokov Russian: Павел Дмитриевич ШироковA poet of Ego-Futurism in Russia in the 1910s. He was a close friend of Ivan Ignatyev, who published Shirokov's first book entitled "Rozy v Vine" . Most of his poems contain neologisms and French words, he called his verse Triolets,...
- Lev Zak