The book by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918), an outstanding representative of European culture of the 20th century, includes translations that give a multifaceted image of his lyrical heritage. Apollinaire's first poetry collection, “Bestiary, or Cortege of Orpheus” (1911), is published in full, along with the author's notes. Poet, prose writer, playwright, literary critic and art theorist - it was in lyricism that Apollinaire summed up traditional poetry and at the same time showed himself as an innovator and experimenter.