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Aleksei Eliseevich Kruchenykh; Kruchonykh; Kruchyonykh (Алексей Елисеевич Крученых). Born 1886, a well-known poet of the Russian "Silver Age", was perhaps the most radical poet of Russian Futurism, a movement that included [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], [[David Burliuk]] and others. Together with [[Velimir Khlebnikov]], Kruchenykh is considered the inventor of [[zaum]]. Kruchenykh wrote the libretto for the Futurist opera ''Victory Over the Sun'', with sets provided by [[Kazimir Malevich]]. He married [[Olga Rozanova]], an avant-garde artist, in 1912. Died 1968.
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'''Aleksei Eliseevich Kruchenykh''' (also Kruchonykh, Kruchyonykh; Алексей Елисеевич Крученых; 1886-1968) was a well-known poet of the Russian "Silver Age", perhaps the most radical poet of [[Futurism#Russia|Russian Futurism]], a movement that included [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], [[David Burliuk]] and others. Together with [[Velimir Khlebnikov]], Kruchenykh is considered the inventor of [[zaum]].  
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Kruchenykh was born to a peasant family in the Kherson province of Ukraine. After graduating from the Odessa School of Art in 1906, he studied painting independently and taught graphic art in secondary schools. When he moved to Moscow, Kruchenykh shifted from painting to poetry. In 1912, [[David Burliuk]] introduced him to [[Mayakovsky]] and [[Khlebnikov]], and his subsequent collaborations with poets and visual artists achieved a revolution in book art. The same year he married [[Olga Rozanova]], an avant-garde artist.  He wrote the libretto for the Futurist opera ''[[Victory Over the Sun]]'' (1913), with sets provided by [[Kazimir Malevich]]. During the Civil War, Kruchenykh worked in railway construction in the Caucasus and founded the Futurist society 41° in Tiflis (now Tbilisi). He joined [[Mayakovsky]]'s [[LEF]] in Moscow in 1923. After the Communist Party denounced Futurism in Soviet literature, Kruchenykh ceased writing zaum’ and became an archivist. He died in Moscow. [http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/tango_with_cows/tango_brochure.pdf#page=3]
  
 
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Aleksei Eliseevich Kruchenykh (also Kruchonykh, Kruchyonykh; Алексей Елисеевич Крученых; 1886-1968) was a well-known poet of the Russian "Silver Age", perhaps the most radical poet of Russian Futurism, a movement that included Vladimir Mayakovsky, David Burliuk and others. Together with Velimir Khlebnikov, Kruchenykh is considered the inventor of zaum.

Kruchenykh was born to a peasant family in the Kherson province of Ukraine. After graduating from the Odessa School of Art in 1906, he studied painting independently and taught graphic art in secondary schools. When he moved to Moscow, Kruchenykh shifted from painting to poetry. In 1912, David Burliuk introduced him to Mayakovsky and Khlebnikov, and his subsequent collaborations with poets and visual artists achieved a revolution in book art. The same year he married Olga Rozanova, an avant-garde artist. He wrote the libretto for the Futurist opera Victory Over the Sun (1913), with sets provided by Kazimir Malevich. During the Civil War, Kruchenykh worked in railway construction in the Caucasus and founded the Futurist society 41° in Tiflis (now Tbilisi). He joined Mayakovsky's LEF in Moscow in 1923. After the Communist Party denounced Futurism in Soviet literature, Kruchenykh ceased writing zaum’ and became an archivist. He died in Moscow. [1]

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