KUSIKOV ALEXANDRE (1896-1977) Al-Barrak: Poems. Berlin: Scythians, 1922.

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36 p.; 20x14 cm. In the publisher’s typographic cover. Good condition. Stains and foxing on the cover. A collection of poems by Alexander Kusikov (real name Sandro Kusikyan), the most active member of the “Order of Imagists.” Together with Shershenevich, he opened the bookstore “Lavka Poetov” (Poets’ Shop). He was elected deputy chairman of the All-Russian Union of Poets. A collection of poems by Alexander Borisovich Kusikov (1896-1977), an Imaginist poet and close friend of S. Yesenin. In 1922, Kusikov was sent on a business trip to Berlin. In 1922-1923, three of his poetry collections were published in Berlin: Al-Barrak, The Nameless Bird, and Ryabka. Bibliography: Turchinsky. p. 287; Rozanov. No. 3162.

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