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David Davidovich Burlyuk
Russian poet, painter, critic, and publisher
Also known as: David Davidovich Burliuk
Quick Facts
- Burlyuk also spelled:
- Burliuk
- Born:
- July 9 [July 21, New Style], 1882, Semirotovshchina, Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire (now in Kharkiv, Ukraine)
- Died:
- Jan. 15, 1967, Long Island, N.Y., U.S. (aged 84)
- Notable Works:
- “A Slap in the Face of Public Taste”
- Movement / Style:
- Cubo-Futurism
David Davidovich Burlyuk (born July 9 [July 21, New Style], 1882, Semirotovshchina, Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire (now in Kharkiv, Ukraine)—died Jan. 15, 1967, Long Island, N.Y., U.S.) was a Russian poet, painter, critic, and publisher who became the centre of the Russian Futurist movement, even though his output in the fields of poetry and painting was smaller than that of his peers. Burlyuk excelled at discovering talent and was one of the first to publish the poetry of Velimir Khlebnikov and to recognize Vladimir Mayakovsky’s brilliance. It was largely because of Burlyuk’s efforts that the Russian avant-garde became known in ...(100 of 570 words)