Igor Severyanin and “Grandmother’s Grandson” Ivan Ignatiev
Journal: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences eBooks
Year: 2023

The article deals with the history of acquaintance and the nature of the relationship between I.V. Severyanin (1887–1941) and I.V. Ignatiev (1892–1914). Being only fi ve years older, Severyanin ironically called Ignatiev “grandmother’s grandson,” and the “offi cial” “Petersburg Herald” published by him — “the newspaper of the child.” In turn, Ignatiev, who replaced Severyanin at the head of a group of ego-futurists, considered only his ego-futurism to be genuine, arguing: “egofuturism as egofutu