Sergei Yesenin
1895 –
1925
Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin was a Russian lyric poet born on October 3, 1895, in Konstantinovo, Ryazan Governorate, Russia.
A leading figure of the Russian Silver Age and a cofounder of the Imaginism movement, Yesenin authored numerous volumes of poetry, including Confessions of a Hooligan (1921); Ritual for the Dead (1916); and his debut collection Radunitsa (1916).
He died on December 28, 1925, in Leningrad, Russia.