Mykhail
Semenko
December 31, 1892 – October 23, 1937
Mykhailo Semenko (1892-1937) was a Ukrainian poet,
the founder and theorist of Ukrainian futurism.
He was born in the village of Kibintsi in Poltava Oblast.
He studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory,
where he became interested in futurism.
In 1913, his first poetry collection, “Prelude,” was published,
written in the traditions of romanticism and symbolism.
