The improvisational band The Daniil Kharms recorded Post-Gogol World, a vocal jazz album featuring novel English translations of 8 short texts by Kharms
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Daniil Kharms
Daniil Ivanovich Kharms was a Russian avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist in the early Soviet era.
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culture · Russian writer (1905–1942) · writer · playwright · children's writer · poet · science fiction writer · prose writer · satirist · also Daniil Kharms, Daniil Charms, Daniil Harms, Daniil Ivánovich Yuvachev, Daniil Ivánovich Yuvachov, Daniil Ivanovich Kharms
Born 17 December 1905 · Died 2 February 1942 · Q266127
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2021· 1 entry
BBC: Tim Key Delves Into Daniil Kharms And That’s All
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2019· 2 entries
Indiatimes: A play inspired by the stories of Soviet era poet and writer Daniil Kharms
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Indiatimes: Daniil Kharms’ quirks make their Bengaluru debut
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2014· 2 entries
BroadwayWorld: Imaginary Beasts Premiere KNOCK! THE DANIIL KHARMS PROJECT, Now thru 10/18
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BroadwayWorld: Imaginary Beasts to Premiere KNOCK! THE DANIIL KHARMS PROJECT, 9/27-10/18
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2013· 1 entry
RBTH: Daniil Kharms, Master of Deadpan, Father of the Absurd
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2006· 1 entry
In the USA (OBERIU: An Anthology of Russian Absurdism)
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2004· 1 entry
A selection of his works appeared in Irish
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2003· 1 entry
Dutch musical ensemble De Kift recorded an opera based on the play "Elizaveta Bam" (1927) by Daniil Kharms
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1998· 1 entry
Belgian musician and composer Peter Vermeersch has composed and recorded an album "Charms" based on Daniil Kharms's lyrics, sung in Dutch
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1942· 1 entry
Died 1942-02-02.
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1937· 1 entry
Marshak's publishing house in Leningrad was shut down and some of its employees were arrested: Alexandr Vvedensky, Nikolai Oleinikov, Nikolai Zabolotsky, Tamara Gabbe, and, later, Kharms; the majority were fired
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1928· 2 entries
His play Elizaveta Bam premiered; it is said to have foreshadowed the Theatre of the Absurd
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Kharms founded the avant-garde collective Oberiu, or Union of Real Art
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1927· 1 entry
The Association of Writers of Children's Literature was formed, and Kharms was invited to be a member
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1924· 1 entry
Entered the Leningrad Electrotechnicum, from which he was expelled for "poor attendance," "not participating in community service," and not "fitting into the class physiologically"
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1905· 1 entry
Born 1905-12-17.
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