MAYAKOVSKY MAXIMUM ACCESS

James McGavran’s new translation of Vladimir Maya­kovsky’s poetry is the first to fully capture the Futurist and Soviet agitprop artist’s voice. Because of his work as a propagandist for the Soviet regime, and because of his posthumous enshrinement by Stalin as “the best and most talented poet of our Soviet epoch,” Mayakovsky has most often been interpreted—and translated—within a political context. McGavran’s translations reveal a more nuanced poet who possessed a passion for word creation and lin­guistic manipulation. Mayakovsky’s bombastic metaphors and formal élan shine through in these translations, and McGavran’s commentary provides vital information on Mayakovsky, illuminating the poet’s many references to the Russian literary canon, his contemporaries in art and culture, and Soviet figures and policies.

Noua traducere a poeziei lui Vladimir Mayakovsky a lui James McGavran este prima care capteaza pe deplin vocea artistului futurist si sovietic. Datorita activitatii sale de propagandist pentru regimul sovietic si datorita consacrarii sale postume de catre Stalin ca „cel mai bun si mai talentat poet al epocii noastre sovietice”, Mayakovsky a fost cel mai adesea interpretat - si tradus - intr-un context politic.