Vítězslav Nezval

Czech poet

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In Czech literature: After 1918
…Deml, Josef Hora, František Halas, Vítězslav Nezval, and Jaroslav Seifert exhibited great vitality and variety, with work of the highest quality being produced. After World War II, however, the newly established communist regime suppressed free literary activity and permitted only works conforming to the drab and restrictive tenets of Socialist…
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In Czech Republic: Literature of the Czech Republic
Vítězslav Nezval, František Halas, Vladimír Holan, Josef Hora, and Nobel Prize winner Jaroslav Seifert were among other writers whose poetry came to prominence during the first half of the 20th century. As World War II and German-imposed censorship closed in, poetry became even more popular…
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