Konstantin Olimpov

Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov (Russian: Константин Константинович Олимпов) (1889–1940) Birth name Konstantin Konstantinovich Fofanov (Russian: Константин Константинович Фофанов) Konstantin Olimpov was a poet and son of Symbolist poet Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov (1862–1911).

[1] Along with Igor Severyanin, Olimpov was one of the founding members of Ego-Futurism.

[2] A disagreement between Olimpov and Severyanin caused Severyanin to leave the group of Ego-Futurists in the Autumn of 1912.

[3] He also co-founded The Academy of Ego-Poetry with fellow Ego-Futurists Graal Arelsky.