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La nube en pantalones
Narra el propio Maiakovskiï que en 1913, durante uno de sus viajes en tren por Rusia, viajó en el mismo compartimento que una joven burguesa. Sentada frente a él, la muchacha se sobresaltó cuando vio que el tren se dirigía hacia un túnel, temiendo que aquel hombre fuera a hacerle algo aprovechando la oscuridad. Maiakovskiï, al percatarse del temor de la joven, le dijo para sosegarla: "No se preocupe señorita, soy una nube en pantalones".
96 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2012
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About the author
Vladimir Mayakovsky
504 books627 followersVladimir Mayakovsky (Владимир Владимирович Маяковский) was born the last of three children in Baghdati, Russian Empire (now in Georgia) where his father worked as a forest ranger. His father was of Ukrainian Cossack descent and his mother was of Ukrainian descent. Although Mayakovsky spoke Georgian at school and with friends, his family spoke primarily Russian at home. At the age of 14 Mayakovsky took part in socialist demonstrations at the town of Kutaisi, where he attended the local grammar school. After the sudden and premature death of his father in 1906, the family — Mayakovsky, his mother, and his two sisters — moved to Moscow, where he attended School No. 5.
In Moscow, Mayakovsky developed a passion for Marxist literature and took part in numerous activities of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party; he was to later become an RSDLP (Bolshevik) member. In 1908, he was dismissed from the grammar school because his mother was no longer able to afford the tuition fees.
Around this time, Mayakovsky was imprisoned on three occasions for subversive political activities but, being underage, he avoided transportation. During a period of solitary confinement in Butyrka prison in 1909, he began to write poetry, but his poems were confiscated. On his release from prison, he continued working within the socialist movement, and in 1911 he joined the Moscow Art School where he became acquainted with members of the Russian Futurist movement. He became a leading spokesman for the group Gileas (Гилея), and a close friend of David Burlyuk, whom he saw as his mentor.
The 1912 Futurist publication A Slap in the Face of Public Taste (Пощёчина общественному вкусу) contained Mayakovsky's first published poems: Night (Ночь) and Morning (Утро). Because of their political activities, Burlyuk and Mayakovsky were expelled from the Moscow Art School in 1914.
His work continued in the Futurist vein until 1914. His artistic development then shifted increasingly in the direction of narrative and it was this work, published during the period immediately preceding the Russian Revolution, which was to establish his reputation as a poet in Russia and abroad.
Mayakovsky was rejected as a volunteer at the beginning of WWI, and during 1915-1917 worked at the Petrograd Military Automobile School as a draftsman. At the onset of the Russian Revolution, Mayakovsky was in Smolny, Petrograd. There he witnessed the October Revolution.
After moving back to Moscow, Mayakovsky worked for the Russian State Telegraph Agency (ROSTA) creating — both graphic and text — satirical Agitprop posters. In 1919, he published his first collection of poems Collected Works 1909-1919 (Все сочиненное Владимиром Маяковским). In the cultural climate of the early Soviet Union, his popularity grew rapidly. As one of the few Soviet writers who were allowed to travel freely, his voyages to Latvia, Britain, Germany, the United States, Mexico and Cuba influenced works like My Discovery of America (Мое открытие Америки, 1925). He also travelled extensively throughout the Soviet Union.
The relevance of Mayakovsky's influence cannot be limited to Soviet poetry. While for years he was considered the Soviet poet par excellence, he also changed the perceptions of poetry in wider 20th century culture. His political activism as a propagandistic agitator was rarely understood and often looked upon unfavourably by contemporaries, even close friends like Boris Pasternak. Near the end of the 1920s, Mayakovsky became increasingly disillusioned with the course the Soviet Union was taking under Joseph Stalin: his satirical plays The Bedbug (Клоп, 1929) and The Bathhouse (Баня, 1930), which deal with the Soviet philistinism and bureaucracy, illustrate this development.
On the evening of April 14, 1930, Mayakovsky shot himself.
In Moscow, Mayakovsky developed a passion for Marxist literature and took part in numerous activities of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party; he was to later become an RSDLP (Bolshevik) member. In 1908, he was dismissed from the grammar school because his mother was no longer able to afford the tuition fees.
Around this time, Mayakovsky was imprisoned on three occasions for subversive political activities but, being underage, he avoided transportation. During a period of solitary confinement in Butyrka prison in 1909, he began to write poetry, but his poems were confiscated. On his release from prison, he continued working within the socialist movement, and in 1911 he joined the Moscow Art School where he became acquainted with members of the Russian Futurist movement. He became a leading spokesman for the group Gileas (Гилея), and a close friend of David Burlyuk, whom he saw as his mentor.
The 1912 Futurist publication A Slap in the Face of Public Taste (Пощёчина общественному вкусу) contained Mayakovsky's first published poems: Night (Ночь) and Morning (Утро). Because of their political activities, Burlyuk and Mayakovsky were expelled from the Moscow Art School in 1914.
His work continued in the Futurist vein until 1914. His artistic development then shifted increasingly in the direction of narrative and it was this work, published during the period immediately preceding the Russian Revolution, which was to establish his reputation as a poet in Russia and abroad.
Mayakovsky was rejected as a volunteer at the beginning of WWI, and during 1915-1917 worked at the Petrograd Military Automobile School as a draftsman. At the onset of the Russian Revolution, Mayakovsky was in Smolny, Petrograd. There he witnessed the October Revolution.
After moving back to Moscow, Mayakovsky worked for the Russian State Telegraph Agency (ROSTA) creating — both graphic and text — satirical Agitprop posters. In 1919, he published his first collection of poems Collected Works 1909-1919 (Все сочиненное Владимиром Маяковским). In the cultural climate of the early Soviet Union, his popularity grew rapidly. As one of the few Soviet writers who were allowed to travel freely, his voyages to Latvia, Britain, Germany, the United States, Mexico and Cuba influenced works like My Discovery of America (Мое открытие Америки, 1925). He also travelled extensively throughout the Soviet Union.
The relevance of Mayakovsky's influence cannot be limited to Soviet poetry. While for years he was considered the Soviet poet par excellence, he also changed the perceptions of poetry in wider 20th century culture. His political activism as a propagandistic agitator was rarely understood and often looked upon unfavourably by contemporaries, even close friends like Boris Pasternak. Near the end of the 1920s, Mayakovsky became increasingly disillusioned with the course the Soviet Union was taking under Joseph Stalin: his satirical plays The Bedbug (Клоп, 1929) and The Bathhouse (Баня, 1930), which deal with the Soviet philistinism and bureaucracy, illustrate this development.
On the evening of April 14, 1930, Mayakovsky shot himself.
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June 6, 2024
[...]
Y cuando anuncien la llegada
de la revolución y salgan
a recibir el año salvador,
yo me arrancaré
el alma por vosotros,
la abriré para hacerla mayor
y la llevaré sangrando como una bandera.
Y cuando anuncien la llegada
de la revolución y salgan
a recibir el año salvador,
yo me arrancaré
el alma por vosotros,
la abriré para hacerla mayor
y la llevaré sangrando como una bandera.
August 16, 2012
Un curioso poema de este poeta urbano y revolucionario en el que pone de manifiesto su desprecio y reprobación a la clase burócrata y a la literatura romántica. Como poeta se adscribió al movimiento vanguardista denominado Futurismo, al que contribuyó rompiendo los cánones que encorsetaban el poema, tanto en forma como en contenido: un concepto nuevo para un mundo nuevo.
November 6, 2013
Como siempre, Maiakovski me parece genial. Es uno de los poetas que recomiendo siempre. Señor, señora, si no lo han leído ¿qué esperan? Gran alma, gran hombre, el poeta de la camisa amarilla, el que alcanza águilas con sus manos, el que hizo temblar a Dios cuando Dios leyó sus poemas (o eso dice). Algún día haré traducciones de sus poemas, ya verán.
December 16, 2022
La nube en pantalones (Vladimir Maiakovski).
Y asaltaremos el cielo navaja en mano, y quitemos con sangre las manchas impuras de esta vida, arranquemos de nuestro día a aquellos que nos hacen imposible el sobrevivir. Levantémonos, levantémonos, que hemos venido a por todo y este mundo muy pronto será nuestro.
Y asaltaremos el cielo navaja en mano, y quitemos con sangre las manchas impuras de esta vida, arranquemos de nuestro día a aquellos que nos hacen imposible el sobrevivir. Levantémonos, levantémonos, que hemos venido a por todo y este mundo muy pronto será nuestro.
October 27, 2021
top 5 libros que leí este año
July 22, 2025
Los poemas de la última etapa de su vida son lo mejor de su obra.
October 19, 2016
Maiakovski es un gran poeta, algo desordenado, es cierto; pero grande. Este libro sigue fiel a su estilo lleno de la fuerza y sinceridad, pero a la vez, profunda sensibilidad que siempre se nota en la gran tradición rusa, que fue muy castigada por el infame comunismo: el mismo Maiakovskii fue una víctima más, se suicidó, hostigado por un sistema destructivo e inhumano que buscó inutilmente borrar todo individualismo de las personas. Este libro es un testimonio del victorioso espíritu humano, de que tan infame pretensión del totalitarismo comunista no podrá triunfar nunca.
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