Arkadii Trofimovich Dragomoshchenko (Russian: Арка́дий Трофи́мович Драгомо́щенко, IPA: [ɐrˈkadʲɪj trɐˈfʲiməvʲɪdʑ drəɡɐˈmoɕːɪnkə] ; 1946 – 12 September 2012) was a Russian poet, writer, translator, and lecturer.[1] He is considered the foremost representative of language poetry in contemporary Russian literature.[2][3][4][5]