Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893 - 1930) - poet, publicist, playwright. Born in Georgia in the village of Baghdadi.The first education in the biography of Vladimir Mayakovsky was received at the gymnasium of the city of Kutaisi. In 1906 he moved to Moscow with his mother, began to study at the fifth gymnasium. The revolution did not leave Mayakovsky aside. He asked for training, then joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.
During one of the arrests, Mayakovsky's first poem was written in prison. In 1911, in the biography of Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky, he entered the Moscow School of Painting. Then he became interested in the work of the futurists. Mayakovsky's poems were first published in 1912. The following year, the writer created the tragedy "Vladimir Mayakovsky", which he staged himself.
In 1915, Mayakovsky's famous poem "A Cloud in Pants" was completed. Further poetry of Mayakovsky, in addition to anti-war topics, also contains satirical ones. In the work of Mayakovsky, scripts for films take their due place.
The 18th and 19th years of the 20th century in the biography of Mayakovsky are marked by the wide spread of the theme of revolution. He participated in the release of posters "Windows of satire ROSTA", in which he created signatures, drawings. In 1925 he traveled to the USA, Mexico, Havana. Mayakovsky's poems were published in many newspapers, magazines, and publications. In 1928, the famous play by Mayakovsky, The Bedbug, was released, in 1929, The Bathhouse.
On April 14, 1930, Mayakovsky shot himself. Many objects are named after the great poet and playwright (for example, Mayakovsky's library, streets). The Mayakovsky Theater is located in Moscow.
Interesting facts from the life of Mayakovsky
• The greatest love in the poet's life and his muse was Lily Yuryevna Brik. Mayakovsky was friends with her and her husband, Osip, and then moved to live in their apartment. Lily and Vladimir began a stormy romance, and her husband actually succumbed to her friend.
• Mayakovsky was popular with women. However, the poet did not officially register any of his relationships. It is known that, in addition to his daughter Patricia, Mayakovsky also has a son from a connection with the artist Lilya Lavinskaya - Gleb-Nikita, a Soviet sculptor.
• After the death of his father from blood poisoning (he pricked himself while sewing papers), Mayakovsky was haunted by a phobia of dying from an infection all his life.
• The poetic "ladder" invented by Mayakovsky and which became his hallmark caused indignation among his colleagues. After all, the editors paid at that time not for the number of characters in the work, but for the number of lines.
• After Mayakovsky read a poem about Lenin at the Bolshoi Theater, the hall applauded for 20 minutes, Stalin was present at this production.
• Mayakovsky stood at the origins of Soviet advertising, for advertising activities the poet was criticized by some contemporaries.
