Zaum [SEP] discoverer or inventor
Zaum
Zaum () are the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian-empire Futurist poets such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh.
Coined by Kruchenykh in 1913, the word "zaum" is made up of the Russian prefix за "beyond, behind" and noun ум "the mind, "nous"" and has been translated as "transreason", "transration" or "beyonsense" (Paul Schmidt). According to scholar Gerald Janecek, "zaum" can be defined as experimental
Aleksei Kruchyonykh
Aleksei Yeliseyevich Kruchyonykh (; 21 February 1886 – 17 June 1968), a well-known poet of the Russian "Silver Age", was perhaps the most radical poet of Russian Futurism, a movement that included Vladimir Mayakovsky, David Burliuk and others. Together with Velimir Khlebnikov, Kruchenykh is considered the inventor of "zaum". Kruchyonykh wrote the libretto for the Futurist opera "Victory Over the Sun", with sets provided by Kazimir Malevich. He married Olga Rozanova, an avant-garde artist,