Internet: Valeri Scherstjanoi (b. 1950) -- poet, sound-performer, graphic artist-scribentist. Author of a number of poetry books, and since 1983 he has been writing theoretical texts (original poet's theory and practice of Ars Scribendi) and articles on the history of the Russian futurism in magazines, collections, literary miscellanies and anthologies. From 1994 to 1998 he was the art director of the International festival "bobeobi" (Berlin). In 1998 he published an anthology of sound poetry: Tango mit Kuehen. Anthologie der russischen Lautpoesie des 20. Jahrhunderts, where in the printed form he united and commented on the works of the Russian poets of the beginning of the century. He is acting as a free author of experimental radio performances, and also as a sound-performer, as a scribentist in the field of graphic art -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Message on verso indicates that artist is a friend of Robert Rehfeldt who lives in East Berlin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book provides a sampling of Scherstjanoi's oeuvre from 1982-2008. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each page has typed text in German and handwritten text in Russian such that each book of the edition of 15 might be considered as a unique example. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes reproductions of the prints by Ann Noel, You and Negative, both held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.