Pavel Dmitrievich Shirokov (1893–1963) Russian: Павел Дмитриевич Широков

A poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 of Ego-Futurism

Ego-Futurism

Ego-Futurism was a Russian literary movement of 1910s, developed within the Russian Futurism by Igor Severyanin and his early followers. Ego-Futurism was born in 1911, when Severyanin published a small brochure entitled Prolog . Severyanin decried excessive objectivity of the Cubo-Futurists,...

 in Russia

Russia

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 in the 1910s. He was a close friend of Ivan Ignatyev, who published Shirokov's first book entitled "Rozy v Vine" (Roses in Wine). Most of his poems contain neologisms and French words, he called his verse Triolet

Triolet

A triolet is a three stanza poem of eight lines. Its rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and often all lines are in iambic tetrameter: the first, fourth and seventh lines are identical, as are the second and final lines, thereby making the initial and final couplets identical as well.-Examples:The form...

s, Virelays, Romances, etc. In January 1913 a less successful, and less futuristic book of poems was published, entitled "V i Vne" (Inside and Outside). Pavel Shirokov later participated in publications of the Moscow

Moscow

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 Futurists

Futurism

Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century.Futurism or futurist may refer to:* Afrofuturism, an African-American and African diaspora subculture* Cubo-Futurism* Ego-Futurism...

(Mezzanine of Poetry and Centrifuge), though never published anymore books, and faded into obscurity.