Mayakovsky and Vallejo?

[Amanda Ewington]

Hello again,
I am posting this on behalf of my student, Kevin Bell, who is writing a 
comparative senior honors thesis on Mayakovsky and the Peruvian poet 
Cesar Vallejo.  Please direct replies to Kevin at kebell at davidson.edu:

We know that Vladimir Mayakovsky and César Vallejo met in Moscow 
between 1928 and 1930.  Many sources briefly mention that Mayakovsky 
took the Peruvian poet to the theatre to see The Battleship Potemkin 
and The General Line.  The sparse information leaves 2 important 
questions:

1)  What sources, if any, have more detailed information on Vallejo's 
time with Mayakovsky?
2)  Did Vallejo speak Russian or was he operating through an 
interpreter?

If anyone can give some answers or possible suggestions for these 
questions, please contact me at kebell at davidson.edu.  Thanks for the 
help.
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Amanda Ewington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian
Davidson College
Department of German and Russian
Box 6936
Davidson, NC 28035-6936
tel: (704)894-2397
fax: (704)894-2782
e-mail: amewington at davidson.edu
http://www.davidson.edu/russian/index.htm

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