1895-1925. Soviet poet, born in Konstantinovo
(renamed Esenino in his honour). He went to
Petrograd 1915, attached himself to the
Symbolists, welcomed the Russian Revolution,
revived peasant traditions and folklore, and
initiated the Imaginist group of poets 1919.
A selection of his poetry was translated in
Confessions of a Hooligan 1973. He was
married briefly to the US dancer Isadora
Duncan 1922-23.