L'universel reportage presents Vladimir Maiakovski beyond his reputation as a futurist poet and revolutionary playwright, foregrounding his work as an observer of the modern world. The volume brings together prose reportage and related texts in which the writer turns his attention to public events, everyday urban scenes, travel impressions, and the social transformations of the early twentieth century. Rendered in French, it offers readers a chance to encounter Maiakovski’s sharp, compressed style in a form shaped by observation rather than lyric performance alone. The title suggests a broadened idea of reportage: factual dispatches alongside a way of registering the speed, contradictions, and spectacle of contemporary life. As a work of literary journalism, it is valuable for readers interested in the intersection of avant-garde writing, political modernity, and the writer’s role as witness.