Velimir Khlebnikov

The Word as Such

Manifesto-essay on language's power and poetry's transcendent potential

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Velimir Khlebnikov
Velimir Khlebnikov

Russian futurist poet known as Khlebnikov who experimented radically with sound and invented the concept of a universal language of roots. He is one of the most original and difficult Russian poets.

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