http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil_Kharms
Sun Sep 9 10:21:05 EDT 2012 Bob W wrote: > > From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On > > Behalf Of > > Steven Desjardins > > > > Light-hearted little ditty, isn't it? Reminds me of Ogden Nash ;-) Of > > course, now I have to really look at it hard. Another learning > > experience form the PDML. > > > > Bertie Wooster is a treasure trove of delightful comments about gloomy > Russian novelists. > > B In a ccnversation at a performance of Russian poetry and music by a Russian performer somewhere in Western Europe (France?) in early 1990s, one of the local literature enthuziasts/critics exlaimed that they know and love Daniil Harms ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil_Kharms ), and they consider him one of the classics of black humor. To which, the Russian performer responded: "You call it `black humor', we call it `social realizm'". Bob, thanks for sharing your story of how you learned about Mayakovsky. You can read the translation of "Listen!" ("Poslushayte!") e.g. here: http://www.russianlegacy.com/en/go_to/culture/poetry/mayakovsky.htm Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
