The War and the World
1924 edition | |
| Author | Vladimir Mayakovsky |
|---|---|
| Original title | Война и мiр |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Poem |
Publication date | 1917 |
| Publication place | Soviet Russia |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded by | Backbone Flute (1916) |
| Followed by | The Man (1918) |
The War and the World (Война и мир) is a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky written in 1916 and first published in 1917 by Maxim Gorky-led Parus Publishers, originally under the title Война и мiр.
The name of the poem is a wordplay on Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. In the pre-1918 Russian мiр meant "the world," "the Universe," as opposed to мир, "peace". In the modern Russian, the words are full homonyms.