Biography of Mayakovsky

The famous and beloved in Russia futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was born in the town of Bagdadi, which is in Kutaisi province, July 19, 1893. He is widely known as a great playwright, a talented journalist, a wonderful screenwriter and director, an excellent artist. The creative biography of Mayakovsky made him a symbol of his era. Vladimir Vladimirovich is one of the most famous artists of the Soviet period.

A brief biography of Mayakovsky

A native is a poet from a noble family. His father served as a forester in Transcaucasian Erivan province. In 1902 Vladimir was sent to study at the city gymnasium. However, four years later the poet's father suddenly dies. After this tragic event, the family moves to live in Moscow.

In the capital, Mayakovsky, after passing the exams, becomes a student of the fifth classical gymnasium. But already in 1908 he was expelled from the school because of non-payment.

Even in the Caucasus, Vladimir participates in student demonstrations. After he was in Moscow, fate brings him to young people engaged in the dissemination of revolutionary ideas. He becomes one of the members of the RSDLP and conducts propaganda work among the workers, for which he has been arrested several times.

Biography Mayakovsky indicates that it was this circumstance that influenced the formation of the poet as a revolutionary. For 1908-09 Vladimir Vladimirovich was three times in jail and was released for lack of evidence. Nevertheless, eleven months he had to be in custody. It was during this time that the first poems appeared, which Mayakovsky wrote.

Biography and creativity of Vladimir Vladimirovich closely interrelated. Staying in prison was the beginning of his becoming as a poet.

After leaving the detention, Mayakovsky enters the preparatory class of the Stroganov School, where he studies with artists S. Zhukov and P. Kelin. After a while, the poems of the young poet are already published in the almanacs. But soon for participation in unauthorized public appearances of the futurists, he is expelled from this educational institution.

In 1912, one of the almanacs of the Gilea group published a manifesto under the authorship of V. Mayakovsky and V. Khlebnikov, and others. It stated the importance of creating a new literary language that corresponds to the modern era, not subject to the traditional literary canons. The embodiment of these ideas was the staging of the tragedy "Vladimir Mayakovsky" in St. Petersburg in 1913, where the author acts as the principal actor and director. At the same time, a collection of poems called "I" comes out into the light.

During the First World War, he created works that denounce the senselessness and cruelty of military operations. One of them is "Cloud in Pants", predicting the coming revolution.

The biography of Mayakovsky points to the active social activities of the poet. In 1918 he created the association "Comfut", which in translation means communist futurism, is printed in the weekly "Art of the Commune".

In 1920, Vladimir Vladimirovich joined the creative association LEF, where he met with S. Tretyakov and B. Pasternak and other figures of various arts.

In the twenties, Mayakovsky works simultaneously in several directions. He is a correspondent of several Soviet newspapers. With the purpose of promoting new values, he writes ditties, poems for propaganda posters and topical satire. During this period, the poems "Good!" And "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" were created.

The poet often visits foreign countries, where he draws ideas for creating "anti-bourgeois" poems. He travels a lot around the country, reading his best works from the stage. Speeches of Vladimir Vladimirovich, designed for a simple listener, were accompanied by jokes and improvisations.

Biography Mayakovsky indicates that the 30-ies were a turning point in the life of the poet. In addition to failures in his personal life and constant conflict with the outside world, he is threatened with loss of voice. The last straw was the failed production of the performance "Bathhouse". These and other factors provoked Mayakovsky to commit suicide.

After the death of the poet, his works fall under a ban, which in 1939 at the request of L. Brik was filmed by J. Stalin.