The King of Time

Selected Writings of the Russian Futurian

Velimir Khlebnikov

Translated by Paul Schmidt

Edited by Charlotte Douglas

    Introduction

    Poems

    PART 1: Fictions
    1. Mrs. Laneen
    2. The World in Reverse
    3. Usa-Gali
    4. Nikolai
    5. K
    6. October on the Neva

    PART 2: Projects for the Future
    7. "Let them read on my gravestone"
    8. The Word as Such
    9. The Letter as Such
    10. !Futurian!
    11. The Trumpet of the Martians
    12. An Appeal by the Presidents of Planet Earth
    13. Ourselves and Our Buildings. Creators of Streetsteads
    14. The Head of the Universe. Time in Space
    15. To the Artists of the World
    16. On Poetry
    17. The Radio of the Future
    18. A Cliff Out of the Future

    Excerpt From The Table of Destiny

    Zangezi: A Supersaga In Twenty Planes

    Chronology

    Indexes

  • Cover: The King of Time

Paul Schmidt is the winner of the Max Hayward Prize for his translation of Velimir Khlebnikov, The King of Time: Selected Writings of the Russian Futurian (Harvard).