Leader of the 'Peasant Poets'
KLIUEV, Nikolai Alekseevich.
Izbianyia pesni [Izba Songs]. Berlin, “Skify”, [1920].
8vo, additional German title-page, pp. 30, some light browning; in the original printed wrappers.
First edition. Nikolai Klyuev (1887–1937) was the leader of the so-called peasant poets, and Esenin’s erstwhile friend and mentor. This collection suitably takes its name from the izba, the traditional Russian peasant’s hut.
Tarasenkov p. 176.