Agitprop sticks in my teeth too, and I'd rather compose rom… - Vladimir Mayakovsky

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Agitprop sticks in my teeth too,
and I'd rather compose romances for you –
more profit in it and more charm.
But I subdued myself, setting my heel
on the throat of my own song.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July 1893 NS – 14 April 1930) was a Georgian-born Russian playwright, screenwriter and poet. A Bolshevik activist before 1917, he became the pre-eminent poet of the Russian Revolution and one of the leading literary figures of the Futurist movement.

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Native Name: Владимир Маяковский

Alternative Names: Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky • Vladimir Maiakovsky • Vladimir Mayakov • Vladimir Vladimirovich Majakovski • Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Majakovskij • Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski • Vladimir Vladimirovic Mayakovskij • Vladimir Vladimirovič Majakovskij

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