🎤 Daniil Charms

About

Daniil Charms (1905–1942) was a Russian avant-garde writer, poet, and playwright, and a founding member of the OBERIU group. He is known for his absurdist, grotesque prose and poetry, akin to Dadaism and Surrealism. His novella The Old Woman (Starukha) is among his best-known works. He died during the Siege of Leningrad.