Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky fascinates me as an artist who lived at maximum volume. Born in Georgia, central to Russian Futurism, he wrote, acted, and designed posters with a ferocity that turned poetry into a public, almost physical event. I'm drawn to that total commitment, the way he hurled himself against his era rather than observing it from a safe distance. His death at thirty-six still feels like a tragedy, a flame that burned too hot to last. A century later his lines retain their charge, and I think that lasting heat is the truest measure of the man.

Name (English)

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Name (Japanese)

ウラジーミル・マヤコフスキー

Reading

うらじーみる・まやこふすきー

Born

July 7, 1893 – April 14, 1930

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Baghdati, Imereti, Georgia

Occupation

poster artist / poet / actor / playwright / writer

Awards & achievements

• Lenin Komsomol Prize
• Medal "For Diligence" (1801)

• Official sitehttps://www.vmayakovsky.ru/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Mayakovsky
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132964

Tags

• Imereti
• poster artist
• poet
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.