Seifert, Jaroslav

Seifert, Jaroslav,1901–86, Czech poet. Starting as a revolutionaryproletarianpoet, Seifert soon began to emphasize fantasy and enchantment as antidotes to modern technological civilization. After signing an anti-Stalinist manifesto, he was expelled from the Communist party, and his verse then addressed itself more directly to social themes. Seifert was a signatory of the Czech Charter 77 manifesto. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1984.

See E. Osers, tr.,An Umbrella for Piccadilly(1983).

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