Yesenin, Sergey (Aleksandrovich)
- Yesenin, Sergey (Aleksandrovich)
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or Sergey Esenin
born Oct. 3, 1895, Konstantinovo, Ryazan province, Russia
died Dec. 27, 1925, Leningrad
Russian poet.
From a peasant family, he celebrated what he called "wooden Russia" (traditional culture) over modern, industrialized society in works beginning with
Radunitsa (1916), and he believed the Revolution of 1917 would lead to the peasant millennium he envisioned. Taking up the life of a rowdy and blasphemous exhibitionist, he wrote cynical, swaggering tavern verse such as that contained in
Ispoved khuligana (1921; "Confessions of a Hooligan"). In 1922 he married dancer
Isadora Duncan, though neither could speak the other's language. His efforts to adjust to the revolutionary era were unsuccessful, and he hanged himself at age 30. Though frowned on by the authorities, he was very popular in Russia both during his life and afterward.
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Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich — ▪ Russian poet Yesenin also spelled Esenin born Oct. 3 [Sept. 21, Old Style], 1895, Konstantinovo, Ryazan province, Russia died Dec. 27, 1925, Leningrad the self styled “last poet of wooden Russia,” whose dual image that of a devout and… … Universalium
Aleksandrovich — (as used in expressions) Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bakunin Mikhail Aleksandrovich Blok Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Iosip Aleksandrovich Brodsky Bulganin Nikolay Aleksandrovich Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dukelsky Sergey Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky Moiseyev … Universalium
Sergey — (as used in expressions) Bubka Sergey Diaghilev Sergey Pavlovich Eisenstein Sergey Mikhaylovich Kirov Sergey Mironovich Sergey Mironovich Kostrikov Korolyov Sergey Pavlovich Sergey Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky Obraztsov Sergey Vladimirovich… … Universalium
Yesenin — /yeuh say nin/; Russ. /yi sye nyin/, n. Sergey Aleksandrovich /syirdd gyay u lyi ksahn drddeuh vyich/, 1895 1925, Russian poet. Also, Esenin. * * * … Universalium
Yesenin — /yeuh say nin/; Russ. /yi sye nyin/, n. Sergey Aleksandrovich /syirdd gyay u lyi ksahn drddeuh vyich/, 1895 1925, Russian poet. Also, Esenin … Useful english dictionary
Duncan, Isadora — orig. Angela Duncan born May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878, San Francisco, Calif., U.S. died Sept. 14, 1927, Nice, Fr. U.S. interpretive dancer. She rejected the conventions of classical ballet and based her technique on natural rhythms and movement… … Universalium
Imaginism — ▪ Russian literary movement Russian poetic movement that followed the Russian Revolution of 1917 and advocated poetry based on a series of arresting and unusual images. It is sometimes called Imagism but is unrelated to the 20th century… … Universalium
Yevtushenko, Yevgeny — ▪ Russian poet in full Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko , also spelled Evgenii Evtushenko born July 18, 1933, Zima, Irkutsk oblast, Russia, U.S.S.R. poet and spokesman for the younger post Stalin generation of Russian poets, whose… … Universalium
Esenin — /yeuh say nin/; Russ. /yi sye nyin/, n. Sergey Aleksandrovich Russ. /syirdd gyay u lyi ksahn drddeuh vyich/. See Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich. * * * … Universalium
Esenin — /yeuh say nin/; Russ. /yi sye nyin/, n. Sergey Aleksandrovich Russ. /syirdd gyay u lyi ksahn drddeuh vyich/. See Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich … Useful english dictionary
