Books by VàÂ-Tㄉzslav Nezval
About
VàÂ-tÃâ°zslav Nezval (1900-1958), an original member of the avant-garde artists group DevÃâ°tsil and a leading figure in the Poetist movement, was perhaps the most prolific Czech writer of the interwar period. His output consists of a number of poetry collections, experimental plays and novels, memoirs, essays, and translations. His best work is from the interwar period. He frequently visited Paris, engaging with the French surrealists. Forging a friendship with AndrÃ(c) Breton and Paul Eluard, he was instrumental in founding The Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia in 1934.