Did Mr. Mayakovsky die in the gulag?

[FRISON Philippe]

 Although interesting, the NYT article ends on a factual error:
Mayakovsky committed suicide on April 14th, 1930 in Moscow 
after writing:
"...The love boat has crashed against the everyday. You and 
I, we are quits, and there is no point in listing mutual 
pains, sorrows, and hurts."
(http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/majakovs.htm, in English)
(http://2002.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2002/68n/n68n-s26.shtml, 
in Russian (expertise on the cause of Mayakovsky's death, 
some 60 years later)
(http://bibliotekar.ru/encSuicid/62.htm, in Russian, on the 
circunstances of Mayakovsky's suicide with the complete quote 
of his farewell letter)

Philippe Frison
(Strasbourg, France)



-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Elena Gapova
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Mr. Mayakovsky too died in the gulag,

claims the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/theater/28embalmer.html?scp=1&sq=Fred%
20Kaplan%20Theater&st=cse

e.g.

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