 Purchase this book from amazon.co.uk  Daniil Kharms (1905-1942) was born in St. Petersburg and grew up amidst the Bolshevik revolution. As a young man he became well-known, along with other writers in the OBERIU movement he founded, as an eccentric poet and performer of the early Soviet literary scene. He died of starvation in state custody after being arrested on suspicion of anti-Soviet activities.
Matvei Yankelevich is a founding editor of Ugly Duckling Press. His translations and writings have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. He teaches at Hunter College in New York City. | Today I Wrote Nothing
The Selected Writing of Daniil KharmsDaniil Kharms
Translated by Matvei Yankelevich ‘Kharms’s work is exhilarating ... We’re reminded that narrative is not life, but a trick a writer does with language to make beauty’ George Saunders New York Times Book Review ‘Kharms’s playful and poetic work ... [draws] critical comparisons to Beckett, Camus, and Ionesco’ New Yorker More quotes Daniil Kharms was one of the most iconoclastic writers to emerge from the hotbed of the early Soviet avant garde, but has only recently been recognised internationally. English language readers now have a comprehensive collection of the prose and poetry that secured Kharms’s cult reputation as a master of formal invention and of what today would be called “micro-fiction”. Kharms’s uniquely deadpan style developed out of – and in spite of – the absurdities of life in Stalinist Russia. An exciting discovery for fans of writers as disparate as George Saunders, John Ashbery, Diane Williams, and Martin McDonagh, Today I Wrote Nothing is an invaluable collection for readers of innovative writing everywhere. |
