Nikolay Aseyev

Nikolay Aseev

Nikolai Nikolaievich Aseev (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Асе́ев, [nʲɪkɐˈlaj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈsʲejɪf] (listen); July 10, 1889 - July 16, 1963) was a Russian poet.

Nikolai Nikolaievich Aseev was born in the city of Lgov in the region of Kursk. His first poetic collections, "Night Flute", and "Zor", both published in 1914, were written in the Russian Futurist style. Aseev was awarded a government honor for the latter poem in 1941.

Aseyev died in 1963 in Moscow.