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Beatrice Landovská: An Evening of Poetry

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: May 24, 2018, 19:00 – 21:00

The 1980s poems of Beatrice Landovská are a relatively little known part of Czech written poetry of the totalitarian era. The writer published her verse on duplicated editions intended for a circle of friends and acquaintances in the unofficial arts community of the dissent and underground. The dominant themes are existential hardships and erotic adventures, which were in no short supply in the courageous life. Under totalitarianism, poetry isn’t for the yellow-bellied – when you feel alien and excluded, you have to bear troublesome brutes, communicate with those who are trying to restrict you or even lie right in your face and weave brutal intrigues behind your back, to stand up to the hatred of all kinds of jealous idiots and at the same time maintain your own integrity against the backdrop of malignant despotism…

The evening will feature music from completely banned and long defunct groups, while films and photographs from those legendary days will also be projected.

The poet will be introduced by Jáchym Topol and Vít Kremlička.

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