Nikolai Nikolayevich Aseyev ( rus, Никола́й Никола́евич Асе́ев, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈsʲejɪf, a=Nikolay Nikolayevich Asyeyev.ru.vorb.oga; July 10, 1889 - July 16, 1963) was a Russian and Soviet Futurist poet and writer.

Biography

Nikolai was born in the city of Lgov in the region of

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. He studied a technical school in the city and had also attended the Moscow Institute of Commerce. Aseyev joined the army in 1915 until 1917. It is said that

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and Vladimir Mayakovsky were two of Aseyev's literary influences.

Works

In 1914, Aseyev helped form a young poets' group called ''Lirika''. In the same year, his first poetic collections, "Night Flute" (''Nochnaia fleita''), and "Zor", which were written in the

Russian Futurist Russian Futurism is the broad term for a movement of Russian poets and artists who adopted the principles of Filippo Marinetti's "Manifesto of Futurism," which espoused the rejection of the past, and a celebration of speed, machinery, violence, ...

style, were published. The former also reflected traces of Russian Symbolism. Aseyev was awarded a government honor for the latter poem in 1941. Aseyev's work has been known for its interest in America. Among his notable poems was ''A Song about Alabama'', which criticized the American conceptualization of a crime punishable by death for blacks. He was also one of those who contributed to the Soviet and American reconciliation narrative. He once wrote the Americans, "You have Abraham, we have a Joseph... let's make a new Bible." Aseyev died in 1963 in

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References

External links

Collection of Poems by Nikolay Aseyev
(English Translations)
Includes English translations of poem "Announcement," 122 Biography
1889 births 1963 deaths People from Lgov, Kursk Oblast People from Lgovsky Uyezd Russian male poets Russian male writers 20th-century Russian screenwriters Male screenwriters Soviet male writers Soviet poets Soviet screenwriters Futurist writers Socialist realism writers 20th-century Russian male writers 20th-century Russian poets National University of Kharkiv alumni Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery {{Russia-poet-stub