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Γαλάζιο τετράδιο
Ο Δανιήλ Χαρμς (ψευδώνυμο του Δανιήλ Ιβάνοβιτς Γιουβατσόφ), σχεδόν άγνωστος μέχρι πριν από λίγα χρόνια, έχει πλέον αναγνωριστεί ως ένας από τους κορυφαίους εκπροσώπους της ρωσικής πρωτοπορίας του πρώτου μισού του εικοστού αιώνα, ενώ σταδιακά καταλαμβάνει μια θέση μεταξύ των σημαντικών δημιουργών της παγκόσμιας λογοτεχνίας.
Η παρούσα έκδοση περιλαμβάνει μεγάλο μέρος του σωζόμενου πεζού έργου του Χαρμς, τα κείμενα του "Γαλάζιου τετραδίου", το αφήγημα "Η γριά", ημερολογιακές σημειώσεις, μερικές επιστολές και ελάχιστα ποιήματα ακόμη, ένα κείμενο του Ντρούσκιν, φωτογραφικό υλικό, καθώς και εκτενές χρονολόγιο.
Η παρούσα έκδοση περιλαμβάνει μεγάλο μέρος του σωζόμενου πεζού έργου του Χαρμς, τα κείμενα του "Γαλάζιου τετραδίου", το αφήγημα "Η γριά", ημερολογιακές σημειώσεις, μερικές επιστολές και ελάχιστα ποιήματα ακόμη, ένα κείμενο του Ντρούσκιν, φωτογραφικό υλικό, καθώς και εκτενές χρονολόγιο.
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First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Daniil Kharms
237 books412 followersDaniil Ivanovich Yuvachev (Даниил Хармс) was born in St. Petersburg, into the family of Ivan Yuvachev, a well known member of the revolutionary group, The People's Will. By this time the elder Yuvachev had already been imprisoned for his involvement in subversive acts against the tsar Alexander III and had become a religious philosopher, acquaintance of Anton Chekhov during the latter's trip to Sakhalin.
Daniil invented the pseudonym Kharms while attending high school at the prestigious German "Peterschule". While at the Peterschule, he learned the rudiments of both English and German, and it may have been the English "harm" and "charm" that he incorporated into "Kharms". Throughout his career Kharms used variations on his name and the pseudonyms DanDan, Khorms, Charms, Shardam, and Kharms-Shardam, among others. It is rumored that he scribbled the name Kharms directly into his passport.
In 1924, he entered the Leningrad Electrotechnicum, from which he was expelled for "lack of activity in social activities". After his expulsion, he gave himself over entirely to literature. He joined the circle of Aleksandr Tufanov, a sound-poet, and follower of Velemir Khlebnikov's ideas of zaum (or trans-sense) poetry. He met the young poet Alexander Vvedensky at this time, and the two became close friends and inseparable collaborators.
In 1927, the Association of Writers of Children's Literature was formed, and Kharms was invited to be a member. From 1928 until 1941, Kharms continually produced children's works and had a great success.
In 1928, Daniil Kharms founded the avant-garde collective OBERIU, or Union of Real Art. He embraced the new movements of Russian Futurism laid out by his idols, Khlebnikov, Kazimir Malevich, and Igor Terentiev, among others. Their ideas served as a springboard. His aesthetic centered around a belief in the autonomy of art from real world rules and logic, and the intrinsic meaning to be found in objects and words outside of their practical function.
By the late 1920s, his antirational verse, nonlinear theatrical performances, and public displays of decadent and illogical behavior earned Kharms — who always dressed like an English dandy with a calabash pipe — the reputation of being a talented but highly eccentric “fool” or “crazy-man” in Leningrad cultural circles.
Even then, in the late 20s, despite rising criticism of the OBERIU performances and diatribes against the avant-garde in the press, Kharms nurtured a fantasy of uniting the progressive artists and writers of the time (Malevich, Filonov, Terentiev, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kaverin, Zamyatin) with leading Russian Formalist critics (Tynianov, Shklovsky, Eikhenbaum, Ginzburg, etc.,) and a younger generation of writers (all from the OBERIU crowd—Alexander Vvedensky, Konstantin Vaginov, Nikolai Zabolotsky, Igor Bakhterev), to form a cohesive cultural movement of Left Art. Needless to say it didn't happen that way.
Kharms was arrested in 1931 together with Vvedensky, Tufanov and some other writers, and was in exile from his hometown (forced to live in the city of Kursk) for most of a year. He was arrested as a member of "a group of anti-Soviet children's writers", and some of his works were used as an evidence. Soviet authorities, having become increasingly hostile toward the avant-garde in general, deemed Kharms’ writing for children anti-Soviet because of its absurd logic and its refusal to instill materialist and social Soviet values.
He continued to write for children's magazines when he returned from exile, though his name would appear in the credits less often. His plans for more performances and plays were curtailed, the OBERIU disbanded, and Kharms receded into a very private writing life. He wrote for the desk drawer, for his wife, Marina Malich, and for a small group of friends, the “
Daniil invented the pseudonym Kharms while attending high school at the prestigious German "Peterschule". While at the Peterschule, he learned the rudiments of both English and German, and it may have been the English "harm" and "charm" that he incorporated into "Kharms". Throughout his career Kharms used variations on his name and the pseudonyms DanDan, Khorms, Charms, Shardam, and Kharms-Shardam, among others. It is rumored that he scribbled the name Kharms directly into his passport.
In 1924, he entered the Leningrad Electrotechnicum, from which he was expelled for "lack of activity in social activities". After his expulsion, he gave himself over entirely to literature. He joined the circle of Aleksandr Tufanov, a sound-poet, and follower of Velemir Khlebnikov's ideas of zaum (or trans-sense) poetry. He met the young poet Alexander Vvedensky at this time, and the two became close friends and inseparable collaborators.
In 1927, the Association of Writers of Children's Literature was formed, and Kharms was invited to be a member. From 1928 until 1941, Kharms continually produced children's works and had a great success.
In 1928, Daniil Kharms founded the avant-garde collective OBERIU, or Union of Real Art. He embraced the new movements of Russian Futurism laid out by his idols, Khlebnikov, Kazimir Malevich, and Igor Terentiev, among others. Their ideas served as a springboard. His aesthetic centered around a belief in the autonomy of art from real world rules and logic, and the intrinsic meaning to be found in objects and words outside of their practical function.
By the late 1920s, his antirational verse, nonlinear theatrical performances, and public displays of decadent and illogical behavior earned Kharms — who always dressed like an English dandy with a calabash pipe — the reputation of being a talented but highly eccentric “fool” or “crazy-man” in Leningrad cultural circles.
Even then, in the late 20s, despite rising criticism of the OBERIU performances and diatribes against the avant-garde in the press, Kharms nurtured a fantasy of uniting the progressive artists and writers of the time (Malevich, Filonov, Terentiev, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kaverin, Zamyatin) with leading Russian Formalist critics (Tynianov, Shklovsky, Eikhenbaum, Ginzburg, etc.,) and a younger generation of writers (all from the OBERIU crowd—Alexander Vvedensky, Konstantin Vaginov, Nikolai Zabolotsky, Igor Bakhterev), to form a cohesive cultural movement of Left Art. Needless to say it didn't happen that way.
Kharms was arrested in 1931 together with Vvedensky, Tufanov and some other writers, and was in exile from his hometown (forced to live in the city of Kursk) for most of a year. He was arrested as a member of "a group of anti-Soviet children's writers", and some of his works were used as an evidence. Soviet authorities, having become increasingly hostile toward the avant-garde in general, deemed Kharms’ writing for children anti-Soviet because of its absurd logic and its refusal to instill materialist and social Soviet values.
He continued to write for children's magazines when he returned from exile, though his name would appear in the credits less often. His plans for more performances and plays were curtailed, the OBERIU disbanded, and Kharms receded into a very private writing life. He wrote for the desk drawer, for his wife, Marina Malich, and for a small group of friends, the “
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May 18, 2023
Απο τα ωραιοτερα και απολαυστικότερα βιβλια που έχω διαβάσει
March 24, 2018
- Whenever I feel so low, I read Kharms (among others) - Kharms, the ec(centrict) Russian!
'My opinion of traveling is succinct: when traveling, do not go too far or else you might see something that will even be impossible to forget. And if anything settles in the memory too stubbornly, a person first starts to feel uneasy, and then it gets quite difficult to keep up the vivacity of the soul.'
' Everything that's extreme is difficult. The middle parts are done more easily. The very center requires no effort at all. The center is equal to equilibrium.'
-- The Blue Notebook
'My opinion of traveling is succinct: when traveling, do not go too far or else you might see something that will even be impossible to forget. And if anything settles in the memory too stubbornly, a person first starts to feel uneasy, and then it gets quite difficult to keep up the vivacity of the soul.'
' Everything that's extreme is difficult. The middle parts are done more easily. The very center requires no effort at all. The center is equal to equilibrium.'
-- The Blue Notebook
July 30, 2020
"23. To have only intelligence and talent is too little. One must also have energy, real interest, clarity of thought and sense of obligation" D. I. Kharms
July 14, 2025
Qachonlardir koʻzlari ham, quloqlari ham boʻlmagan bir qizilbosh odam yashar edi. Darvoqe, uning sochi ham yoʻq boʻlib, "Qizilbosh" degan nomni topishi esa shunchaki tasodif. U gapira olmasdi, chunki ogʻzi ham yoʻq edi. Burni ham. Hatto qoʻl-oyoqlari ham yoʻq edi. Vujudi oshqozon, bel, umurtqa va har qanday ichki aʼzolardan holi edi. Ha, uning hech narsasi yoʻq edi. Va shu bilan birga hozir aslida kim haqida soʻzlayotganimizni ham hech kim bilmaydi. Endi u odam haqida qayta ogʻiz ochmasak yaxshiroq boʻlsa kerak.
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June 21, 2018
Charming and eccentric poetry and short prose from a writer with which I was previously not familiar. I was glad the translator took the time to say something about his life and work. A lovely little gem.
August 28, 2018
Ένα αφήγημα, πολλές αλλόκοτες ιστορίες, κουφά και παράλογα, σημειώσεις, αλληλογραφία, μικρά θεατρικά, εξομολογήσεις και τετράδια φυλακής από έναν σπουδαίο της ρωσικής πρωτοπορίας. "Όλη όλη η Ρωσία πουφ". Πολύ πολύ μεγάλο, πολύ πολύ χορταστικό.
August 14, 2016
Nice. The sharp but kind voice in this book creates poetry with an intuitive sort of logic. Russophiles will love this one.
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