Konstantin Olimpov

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Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov (Russian: Константин Константинович Олимпов) (1889–1940) Birth name Konstantin Konstantinovich Fofanov (Russian: Константин Константинович Фофанов)

Konstantin Olimpov was a poet and son of Symbolist poet Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov (1862–1911).{{cite book |title=Igor'-Severjanin: his life and work--the formal aspects of his poetry |last=Lauwers |first=Lenie |page=13 |year=1993 |publisher=Peeters Publishers |isbn=978-90-6831-491-5 }} Along with Igor Severyanin, Olimpov was one of the founding members of Ego-Futurism.{{cite book |title=Russian futurism: a history |url=https://archive.org/details/russianfuturismh0000mark |url-access=registration |last=Markov |first=Vladimir |page=[https://archive.org/details/russianfuturismh0000mark/page/69 69] |year=1968 |publisher=University of California Press |oclc=438701 }} A disagreement between Olimpov and Severyanin caused Severyanin to leave the group of Ego-Futurists in the Autumn of 1912.{{cite book |title=Words in revolution: Russian futurist manifestoes, 1912-1928 |last=Lawton |first=Anna M. |page=23 |year=2005 |publisher=New Academia Publishing |isbn=978-0-9744934-7-3 }} He also co-founded The Academy of Ego-Poetry with fellow Ego-Futurists Graal Arelsky.