IVNEV RYURIK (1891-1981) Samosozhzhene: Kniga stikhov 1912-1916 gg. [Self-Immolation: Book of Poems 1912-1916]. St. Petersburg: Felana, 1917. - 104, [5] pp.; 21x15 cm.
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Illustrated publisher's cover by artist N. Altman. In very good condition. Minor stains, creases, and small tears along the edges of the cover.
Ryurik Ivnev (real name Mikhail Alexandrovich Kovalev; 1891-1981) was a Russian poet, prose writer, and translator. He was a member of the "Presidents of the Earth" union. In the 1910s, he was part of the Moscow Futurist group "Mezzanine of Poetry," and in the 1920s, he was associated with the Moscow Imaginists.
Bibliography: Turchinsky, p. 218; Rozanov, No. 2837.