Abstract

The article examines the poetic world of the modern Czech prose writer, poet, translator from several European languages, a participant in the Prague Spring, whose works have not been printed for a long time and were banned, author of poetry collections “Kam letí nebe” (1961), “Zimohrádek” (1965), “Loutky” (1970), “Doupě latinářů” (1992), “Blbecká poezie” (2002), “Penthesilea” (2019), Ivan Wernisch. The writer has a great creative legacy that dates back to the sixties of the last century. During this long time, he managed to publish about thirty poetry books. Surrealism, interweaving of temporal and spatial indicators, interweaving of poetic and prosaic forms, rich poetic world are typical features of I. Wernisch’s poetry. The article explores the spatio-temporal relations of the Ivan Wernisch’s poetic world, the features of the image of the lyrical hero. Some poetry by Ivan Wernisch was used over time as lyrics of songs by Czech rock bands. The Ivan Wernisch’s son Michal Wernisch (also known as Ewald Murrer) followed his father’s footsteps and today is also known as a poet.

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