Birds, Beasts and a World Made New - Guillaume Apollinaire, Velimir Khlebnikov Red Cavalry

Red Cavalry

Translator: Emma Ramadan

Buchenwald survivor

unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and two sons: she does the laundry

Birds, Beasts and a World Made New - Guillaume Apollinaire, Velimir Khlebnikov Red CavalryGuillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov never met, but they have much in common. Both inventive luminaries of Modernism, they played a central role in the avant garde movements of their time and worked closely with the most important visual artists around them. Written with exhilarating freedom and creativity, their verse has continued to inspire poets to the present day. Showcasing their most direct, heartfelt verse alongside their form breaking