Sergei Yesenin

thumb| Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin (3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1895 – 28 December 1925) was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. Quotes Goodbye, my friend, without a word or hand shake,Don't be sad, and do not museIn this life to die is nothing novel,But to live, of course, is hardly greater news. As quoted in Concerning Suicide in Soviet Russia, Jacques Choron, December 1968, Bulletin of Suicidology I feel very sad now, for we are going through such a period in [our] history when human individuality is being destroyed, and the approaching socialism is totally different from the one I was dreaming of. About the October Revolution. From a letter, August 1920, as quoted in Так мало пройдено дорог,Так много сделано ошибок. The roads that have been walked are few,Mistakes that have been made are many. «Мне грустно на тебя смотреть» (1923), translated by Alec S. Vagapov, "Yesenin: Collection of Poems", Samizdat (posted 4 Nov. 2006, modified 14 July 2008) External links Category:1895 births Category:1925 deaths Category:Poets from Russia