Daniil KharmsDaniil Kharms was born in 1906. His name, a pseudonym, reflects his love for Sherlock Holmes. Kharms was arrested in 1931 for 'deflecting the people from the building of socialism by means of "trans-verse" verses' and told that he could only publish riting for children. By the end of the decade, even his writing for children was considered unfit for publication and in 1941 Kharms was re-arrested and sent to the gulag. He died of starvation in a prison hospital in 1942. Read More Read Less