"Give me new art!" - Vladimir Mayakovsky cried out in his famous poem "Order No. 2 of the Army of Art." "I want to create socialist art," he wrote in his autobiography "Myself." And he created this new socialist art himself. In fact, he started not with poetry but with painting - it was his artistic talent that began to emerge in him from early childhood.
On July 19th, the anniversary of the birth of poet, playwright, and artist Vladimir Mayakovsky, we celebrate his life and work. The Presidential Library's website features a collection called "Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930)," which includes digital copies of documents and materials about his life and works as one of the most innovative poets who largely shaped the development of 20th-century poetry.
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