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Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov (Russian: Константин Константинович Олимпов) (1889–1940) Birth name Konstantin Konstantinovich Fofanov (Russian: Константин Константинович Фофанов)

Konstantin Olimpov was a poet and son of Symbolist poet Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov (1862–1911). Along with Igor Severyanin, Olimpov was one of the founding members of Ego-Futurism. A disagreement between Olimpov and Severyanin caused Severyanin to leave the group of Ego-Futurists in the Autumn of 1912. He also co-founded The Academy of Ego-Poetry with fellow Ego-Futurists Graal Arelsky.

References

1. Lauwers, Lenie (1993). Igor'-Severjanin: his life and work--the formal aspects of his poetry. Peeters Publishers. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-6831-491-5.
2. Markov, Vladimir (1968). Russian futurism: a history. University of California Press. p. 69. OCLC 438701.
3. Lawton, Anna M. (2005). Words in revolution: Russian futurist manifestoes, 1912-1928. New Academia Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-9744934-7-3.

• Soviet poets
• 1889 births
• 1940 deaths
• Male poets from the Russian Empire