Biography
David Davidovich Burliuk (Ukrainian: Давид Давидович Бурлюк; Russian: Давид Давидович Бурлюк) (July 21, 1882 – January 15, 1967) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist (Futurist, Neo-Primitivist), book illustrator, publicist, and author associated with Russian Futurism. In the words of his publisher Maria (also Maryussia) Burliuk, David Burliuk was the father of "Soviet Russian Futurism."
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