Antikódy
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Antikódy is a book of experimental poems and calligrammes by Václav Havel
. Most of the poems are based on visual effect on the reader (e. g. a poem consisting of repetitive word "forward" only, in a shape of a cycle, or a poem made of the word "life" in a shape of cross, meaning death). It consists of four parts, first written in 1964, second 1964 – 1969, third 1970 – 1989, and the last one after 1989 (consisting of two poems: HRAD? Hrádeček? (CASTLE? Little castle?), i. e. a poem reflecting his political moods, and Kavárna Slavie (Slavia Cafeterria)).
Václav Havel
Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
. Most of the poems are based on visual effect on the reader (e. g. a poem consisting of repetitive word "forward" only, in a shape of a cycle, or a poem made of the word "life" in a shape of cross, meaning death). It consists of four parts, first written in 1964, second 1964 – 1969, third 1970 – 1989, and the last one after 1989 (consisting of two poems: HRAD? Hrádeček? (CASTLE? Little castle?), i. e. a poem reflecting his political moods, and Kavárna Slavie (Slavia Cafeterria)).