Background
Ivanov, Georgii was born on November 10, 1894 in Kovno (Kaunas) in Lithuania.
Ivanov, Georgii was born on November 10, 1894 in Kovno (Kaunas) in Lithuania.
Educated at a cadet corps, 1910.
First verse published, 1911. Member of the Acmeist Tsekh Poetov, close to N. Gumilev. His collection of poetry, the exquisite Otplytie na Ostrov Citeru was published in 1912 in Petersburg.
Emigrated, 1923. Married the poetess Irina Odoevtseva. Lived in Paris. In the 1930s, published a prose work, R as pad A tom a, which created a literary scandal with its nihilism and disregard of all conventions. In his old age, matured into an outstanding and very original poet, expressing complete despair in verse of icy beauty (stal nashim khlebom - tsianistyi kalii, nashei vodoi - sulema), poignantly capturing the essence of life in exile, and the absurdity of modern life in general.