Sergej Birjukov

Born in 1950, Sergej Birjukov is a poet, philologist, sound-poet, performance artist, and researcher of the Avant-Garde who works in the Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany. Birjukov has written several books of his own poetry and art-research. He has realized performances in Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Estonia, Poland, Finland, Canada, Netherlands, Serbia, and has participated in international exhibitions of visual poetry. His poetry is translated into German, Italian, Japan, English, Spanish, French languages. Birjokov was awarded the Diploma Number One from the Institute of history of Russian Avant-Garde for his work on theory, history and practice of Russian Avant-Garde.