Sergey
Gorodetsky was born in 1884. He first collection of poems,
Yur, was published in 1907. His
work was marked by its varied rhythms and its use of Russian mythology.
In 1911
Gorodetsky joined with Nikolai Gumilev
and Osip Mandelstam to establish the
Guild of Poets. Formed as a reaction to the Symbolist movement, the
Acmeists, as they became known, called for a return to the use of
clear, precise and concrete imagery.
The outbreak
of the First World War brought an end to
the Guild of Poets. This was largely due to the fact that their leader,
Nikolai Gumilev, joined the Russian
Army and
served on the Eastern Front. Gorodetsky
now identified himself with a group of peasant poets led by Nikolai
Klyuyev and Sergei Yesenin.
In 1917
Gorodetsky joined the Bolsheviks
and
was a strong supporter of the October Revolution.
Gorodetsky denounced former members of the Guild of Poets. Nikolai
Gumilev and Osip Mandelstam, who
were both opponents of the Communist government, were both executed
by the Secret Police.
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