The War and the World
1916 poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The War and the World (Война и мир) is a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky written in 1916 and first published in 1917 by Maxim Gorky-led Parus Publishers, originally under the title Война и мiр.[1]
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Author | Vladimir Mayakovsky |
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Original title | Война и мiр |
Country | Soviet Russia |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Poem |
Publication date | 1917 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Preceded by | Backbone Flute (1916) |
Followed by | The Man (1918) |
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The name of the poem is a wordplay on Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. In the pre-1918 Russian мiр meant "the world," "the Universe," as opposed to мир, "peace". In the modern Russian, the words are full homonyms.