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Russian nonsense poets include Daniil Kharms and Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, particularly his work under the pseudonym Kozma Prutkov, and some French exponents are Charles Cros and Robert Desnos. The best-known Dutch Nonsense poet is Cees Buddingh'.
Among German nonsense writers, Christian Morgenstern and Ringelnatz are the most widely known, and are both still popular, while Robert Gernhardt is a contemporary example. Morgenstern's Das Nasobēm is an imaginary being like the Jabberwock, although less frightful:
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The following observation by F.W. Bernstein has practically become a German proverb.
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Among Indian writers, Bengali poet Sukumar Ray is widely known.
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