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Vladimir Mayakovsky

1893 - 1930

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement. He co-signed the Futurist manifesto, A Slap in the Face of Public Taste (1913), and wrote such poems as A Cloud in Trousers (1915) and Backbone Flute (1916). Mayakovsky produced a large and diverse body of work during the course of his career: he wrote poems, wrote and directed plays, appeared in films, edited the art journal LEF, and produced agitprop posters in support of the Communist Party during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Mayakovsky is the 279th most popular writer (down from 262nd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Writer.

Vladimir Mayakovsky is most famous for his poetry. He was born in 1893 and died in 1930. He was a Russian poet, artist, and playwright. He wrote in the Russian Futurist style.

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Among writers, Vladimir Mayakovsky ranks 279 out of 7,302. Before him are Quintilian, Elfriede Jelinek, Peter Handke, Gao Xingjian, Pär Lagerkvist, and Anna Komnene. After him are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Valmiki, Germaine de Staël, Isabel Allende, Kenzaburō Ōe, and Pierre Corneille.

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Among people born in 1893, Vladimir Mayakovsky ranks 8. Before him are Hermann Göring, Joan Miró, Ip Man, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, and Walter Ulbricht. After him are Leslie Howard, Allen Dulles, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Alexander of Greece, Carol II of Romania, and Soong Ching-ling. Among people deceased in 1930, Vladimir Mayakovsky ranks 10. Before him are Ilya Repin, Alfred Wegener, Mary Harris Jones, Zewditu, Allvar Gullstrand, and Fritz Pregl. After him are Christiaan Eijkman, William Howard Taft, Joan Gamper, Lon Chaney, Frank P. Ramsey, and Miguel Primo de Rivera.

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Among people born in Georgia, Vladimir Mayakovsky ranks 8 out of 406. Before him are Darius the Great (-550), Attila (406), Aram Khachaturian (1903), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Shota Rustaveli (1172), and Tamar of Georgia (1166). After him are Tigran Petrosian (1929), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Sergei Parajanov (1924), Niko Pirosmani (1862), and Sayat-Nova (1712).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Vladimir Mayakovsky ranks 2. Before him are Shota Rustaveli (1172). After him are Sayat-Nova (1712), Ilia Chavchavadze (1837), Boris Akunin (1956), Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), Nodar Dumbadze (1928), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Alexander Kazbegi (1848), and Vazha-Pshavela (1861).

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