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Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich

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Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich (syĭrgā` əlyĭksän`drəvĭch yĭsyā`nĭn), 1895–1925, Russian poet. Yesenin was the most popular poet of the early revolution and the object of a considerable cult. He belonged to the imagist school, advocating absolute independence for the artist. Yesenin is known for his simple lyrics about village life and the Russian landscape. His epic Pugachev (1922) is a verse tragedy concerning the peasant rebellion of 1773–75. After welcoming the revolution, he rejected the policies of the Bolshevik regime. In 1922 Yesenin married Isadora Duncan Duncan, Isadora , 1878–1927, American dancer, b. San Francisco. She had little success in the United States when she first created dances based on Greek classical art.
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 and toured the United States and Europe. After they separated he married a granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy. At 30 he committed suicide. His name also appears as Esenin.


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