 One of the most important was the Oberiu movement (1928–1930s), which included the most famous Russian absurdist Daniil Kharms (1905–1942), Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934), Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941) and Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958).Other famous authors experimenting with language included the novelists Yuri Olesha (1899–1960) and Andrei Platonov (1899–1951) and the short-story writers Isaak Babel (1894–1940) and Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894–1958).The OPOJAZ group of literary critics, also known as Russian formalism, was founded in 1916 in close connection with Russian Futurism.