Хлебников, Велимир

Poet

Born Malye Derbety (Astrakhan), 9 November 1885

Died Santalovo (Krestetskii), 28 June 1922

Velimir (Viktor Vladimirovich) Khlebnikov studied biology in Kazan and St. Petersburg, but quit school to become a full-time writer. He joined the Hylaea group founded by Burliuk and became the most influential poet of the Russian futurist movement. He is considered the most significant Russian poet of the 20th century.

1920

1925

1928-1933

Collected works

1962

1972, 1975

1985-86

1986-1991

Der Chlebnicist

1997