Mikhail Zenkevich | |
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Born | Mikhail Aleksandrovich Zenkevich May 21, 1886 Nikolayevsky Gorodok, Saratovsky Uyezd, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | September 14, 1973 Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 87)
Occupation | Poet, translator, editor |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
Period | 1906–1972 |
Genre | Poetry, translation |
Literary movement | Acmeism |
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Zenkevich (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Зенке́вич, 21 May 1886 – 14 September 1973) was a Russian and Soviet poet, writer, translator and journalist. A prominent figure in the Acmeist movement of the Russian poetry, he is also regarded as one of the founders of the Soviet school of poetry translation.[1]