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D O C U M E N T BENGT JANGFELDT, editor D A V I D B U R L I U K O N V E L I M I R K H L E B N I K O V David Burliukl David Burliuk had a remarkable genius for discovering poetic and artistic talent in other people, and one of his discoveries was Vladimir Maiakovskii, whom he met in 1911. Maiakovskii mentions Burliuk as his "real teacher," who made a poet out of him.2 2 Burliuk himself was a talented poet and painter whose undoubtable mas- terpieces are sometimes overlooked because o f the author's very rich and un- even production. His real greatness, however, lay elsewhere: he was a born en- thusiast and a great organizer, the kind of untiring promoter that every new artistic movement depends upon so heavily. Burliuk organized poetry read- ings, art exhibitions, and he was an excellent orator and propagandist of Fu- turism. He was, no doubt, the "Father of Russian Futurism," and he was, to a certain extent, also a father figure for the Russian Futurists themselves. Be- ing ten years Maiakovskii's senior, he was by 1910 both more
Canadian-American Slavic Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1986
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