Born: 19 July 1893 · Died: 14 April 1930 · Age at death: 36
How old was Vladimir Mayakovsky when he died?
Vladimir Mayakovsky died aged 36. He was born on 19 July 1893 and died on 14 April 1930.
Russian Futurist poet and playwright of A Cloud in Trousers and The Bedbug who became the voice of the revolution
Did you know?He designed propaganda posters for the state news agency and helped revolutionise the visual style of Soviet graphic design.
Quick facts
Date of birth19 July 1893
Date of death14 April 1930
Age at death36
Cause of deathGunshot wound
NationalityRussian
BirthplaceBaghdati, Georgia
Occupationposter artist, poet, actor
Editor's Take:
Vladimir Mayakovsky was the loud, brilliant poet of the Russian Revolution. He was a leading Futurist who wanted to break with the past. His poems shout, joke and leap across the page. After 1917 he put his art at the service of the new state, making posters and slogans. A Cloud in Trousers mixes love and rebellion. He grew disillusioned with Soviet bureaucracy. He shot himself in 1930, aged 36.
Key Milestones
1912: Futurism – manifesto
1915: A Cloud in Trousers – poem
1919: ROSTA – posters
1929: The Bedbug – play
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement.
