Ego-Futurists

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Ego-Futurists were a Russian avant-garde literary group that emphasized radical individualism, experimental poetics, and a break with traditional artistic forms in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf Russian avant-garde movement
literary movement
poetry movement
activeIn Moscow NERFINISHED
St. Petersburg NERFINISHED
artisticMovementContext Russian avant-garde NERFINISHED
coreConcept cult of the poet’s personality
self-deification of the artist
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
declineReason internal conflicts
rise of other Futurist groups
dissolved 1914
distinguishedFrom Cubo-Futurists NERFINISHED
focusesOn individual ego
self
subjective perception
foundedBy Igor Severyanin NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic celebration of modernity
emphasis on the lyrical “I”
experimental poetics
provocative manifestos
radical individualism
rejection of traditional artistic forms
typographical experimentation
urban themes
use of neologisms
historicalPeriod early 20th century
inception 1911
influenced later Russian avant-garde poetry
influencedBy Italian Futurism NERFINISHED
Symbolism NERFINISHED
language Russian
literaryGenre poetry
mainRegion Russia NERFINISHED
movementType avant-garde
notableMember Georgy Ivanov NERFINISHED
Igor Severyanin NERFINISHED
Ivan Ignatyev NERFINISHED
Konstantin Olimpov NERFINISHED
Vasily Gnedov NERFINISHED
Vladimir Shershenevich NERFINISHED
notableWork early collections of Igor Severyanin
“Ego-Futurism in Poetry” manifesto NERFINISHED
opposedTo Realism NERFINISHED
traditional classicist poetics
partOf Russian Futurism NERFINISHED
sharesBorderWith Cubo-Futurists NERFINISHED
usedMedium poetry readings
small literary journals

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Russian Futurism notableGroup Ego-Futurists