Background
LIVSHITS, Benedikt was born on January 5, 1887 in Odessa.
LIVSHITS, Benedikt was born on January 5, 1887 in Odessa.
Graduate Law Faculty, Kiev University.
1910 first work published. His first book of verse displayed the influence of the French symbolists. 1912 joined Russian futurist group.
Translated the works of French poets, showing a particular penchant for Stéphane Mallarme', Laforgue and Paul Valéry. Also translated T. Tabize, I. Yashvili and G. Lconidzc into Russian. His works were published in the anthologies Poshchyo- china obshchestvennomy vkusu (A Slap at Public Taste), Sadok sudey (The Arbiters’ Warren), etc.
Arrested by State Security organs.