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The most famous translation into English is probably "Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms" by Matvei Yankelevich. You can find it on A
by gregsadetsky 3y ago
The most famous translation into English is probably "Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms" by Matvei Yankelevich. You can find it on Amazon and elsewhere.
Ian Frazier, a well known author and contributor to the New Yorker, also published "It Happened Like This" which has great original translations of stories and poems.
Finally, last year, my partner and I translated 8 of Kharms' short pieces and recorded them as a spoken jazz album. If you're into Kharms and/or Ken Nordine-like absurd vocal jazz, you might like it -> https://thedaniilkharms.bandcamp.com https://thedaniilkharms.bandcamp.com (and on Spotify, etc.) You can also read the album's translations by hovering over the song titles and clicking "Lyrics"
I assume you speak Russian -- you might be interested in this article about the album/translation process: https://www22.zvuki.ru/R/P/82795/ https://www22.zvuki.ru/R/P/82795/
- aeontech 3y agoThanks, great interview! Loved Kharms forever, will definitely check out your album (and all the other excellent references linked from the interview) For anyone else interested, though Gregory streaming links for the album here: https://songwhip.com/thedaniilkharms/postgogol-world https://songwhip.com/thedaniilkharms/postgogol-world
- gregsadetsky 3y agoThank you! I also forgot to link to a music video that a close friend made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aoc2lAXP9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aoc2lAXP9s It's a stop motion linocut... Each animated frame took him hours to make. A gem!
- aeontech 3y agoAfter listening to the first couple of tracks, I can't help but be reminded of Ежи и Петруччо, if you haven't run across them, you might enjoy this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF168042ZEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF168042ZEs
- vsviridov 3y agoVery cool, thanks.