Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

For Browsing

He is known by many names: Dandan, Shusterling, also Charms; for his imposing appearance, he was sometimes called Mister Twister. A serious writer, humorist, poet, member of the creative association "OBERIU," children's author. So diverse, so interesting in his sometimes painfully funny, absurdly surreal world.

Kharms is watching us from his house

11 Mayakovskogo St., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191014

Petersburg: Great Names

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

On the day of remembrance for the brilliant absurdist writer Daniil Kharms, a huge portrait of him appeared on the wall of building No. 11 on Mayakovsky Street in Saint Petersburg.

Kharms is looking at us from his house

11 Mayakovskogo St., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191014

Petersburg: Great Names

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

On the day of remembrance for the brilliant absurdist writer Daniil Kharms, a huge portrait of him appeared on the wall of building No. 11 on Mayakovsky Street in Saint Petersburg.

The Last Shelter of Daniil Kharms

Central Alley, Unnamed Road, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195273

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

In St. Petersburg, a burial site for Daniil Kharms has been established. His remains rest at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery in a mass grave number 9 or 23.

To my crazy son

Nevsky Ave., 22-24, lit. A, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Everything about Daniil was unlike that of ordinary people, even his family.

Youth and Early Poetic Experiments

Leontyevskaya St., 17, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 196627

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Graduating from school, first poems

I’ll ask question by question for the lady.

10th Line V.O., 3, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

The Energy Technical School is the last educational institution where Kharms studied.

Kharms and the Beach of Petropavlovka

ter. Peter and Paul Fortress, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197198

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Kra kra krasi fasi perekosi. Object, object, object, object, object, object, object, object, object, object, object, object.

Adult men are like children

Nevsky Ave., 28a, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

И прямо рядом с ним находится магазин. Окна большие, занимают всю стену. И в окнах повсюду книги.

Adult men are like children.

Nevsky Ave., 28a, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

И прямо рядом с ним находится магазин. Окна большие, занимают всю стену. И в окнах повсюду книги.

Chinaris and OBERIU, Three Left Hours

Fontanka River Embankment, 21, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Who the Oberiuts Are and Why They Are Loved: Their Poems, Antics, and Contribution to Literature

Chinars and OBERIU, Three Left Hours

Fontanka River Embankment, 21, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Who the Oberiuts Are and Why They Are Loved: Their Poems, Antics, and Contribution to Literature

Kharms and Mayakovsky

Moika River Embankment, 20, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Kharms came to Mayakovsky's room in the Eliseevskaya Hotel and asked for permission to read from the stage at the Chapel the declaration of the new literary group.

We are made of material meant for geniuses or The Circle of Illiterate Scientists

Gatchinskaya St., 8, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197136

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Starting from 1932, there could be no question of any publications or speeches.

We are made of material meant for geniuses or The Club of Illiterate Scientists

Gatchinskaya St., 8, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197136

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Starting from 1932, there could be no question of any publications or speeches.

War and the Last Days

Arsenalnaya St., 2, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195009

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Yuvachev-Kharms D.I. spreads slanderous and defeatist sentiments among his circle, attempting to incite panic and dissatisfaction with the Soviet Government among the population.

Esoteric juggling and the poetry of the class enemy

Mytininskaya Embankment, 5, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197198

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

The magazine *Leningrad* in its publication declared their work by Kharms "hostile to our socialist construction," and equated the creative evening to a sortie of a reactionary group.

Wish Ball

Lenina St., 48, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197136

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

Gradually, a person loses their shape and becomes a sphere. And by becoming a sphere, the person loses all their desires.

The Beginning of Creativity and First Poet Friends

Fontanka River Embankment, 50, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191002

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

A report on samples of abstract poetic zaum, which distorts and transforms the world from a 360-degree perspective.

Vacation at the Datsan

Primorsky Ave., 91, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197374

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

There flashes the golden top of the Buddhist pagoda, and there appears the sea.

Kharms and War

12th Line, 39, entrance from the street, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199178

Petersburg of Daniil Kharms, the Genius of the Absurd

We are perishing — God, help us