
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
Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futures studies or futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities ...
poet and writer.
Biography
Aseyev was born in the city of
Lgov
Lgov () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
* Lgov, Kursk Oblast, a town in Kursk Oblast
;Rural localities
* Lgov, Khotynetsky District, Oryol Oblast, a '' selo'' in Ilyinsky Selsoviet of Khotynetsky Distric ...
in the region of
Kursk
Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of
Kursk ...
. 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
Velimir Khlebnikov and
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky ( – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, Russian Revolution, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Ru ...
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 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
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
.
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
20th-century Russian screenwriters
Russian male screenwriters
Soviet male writers
Soviet poets
Soviet screenwriters
Soviet male screenwriters
Futurist writers
Socialist realism writers
20th-century Russian male writers
20th-century Russian poets
National University of Kharkiv alumni
Recipients of the Stalin Prize
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
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