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Sergej Alexandrovič Jesenin

1895 – 1925

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Wikipedia Summary

Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. One of his narratives was "lyrical evocations of and nostalgia for the village life of his childhood – no idyll, presented in all its rawness, with an implied curse on urbanisation and industrialisation".

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
September 21, 1895
Konstantinovo
Date of death
December 28, 1925
Saint Petersburg
Citizenship

Russian Empire · Russian Republic · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · Soviet Union

Occupations & fields
poet
Field and occupation
ruský básnik
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