Did Mr. Mayakovsky die in the gulag?
Deborah Hoffman
lino59 at AMERITECH.NET
Mon Mar 1 12:49:51 UTC 2010
He's gotten Mayakovsky confused with Mandelshtam most likely. Perhaps they will print a retraction after someone writes.
>Forwarded Message: Did Mr. Mayakovsky die in the gulag?
>Monday, March 1, 2010 12:36 AM
From:
>"FRISON Philippe" <Philippe.FRISON at COE.INT>
To:
>undisclosed-recipients
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)
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