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Vladimír Holan

Czech poet and translator (1905-1980) · Czechia · On the map · Writers · Died at 74

Vladimír Holan was a Czech poet. He was known for employing obscure language, dark topics and pessimistic views in his poems. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in the late 1960s.

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Awards

Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III1991
Národní umělec1968

About this person

Country
Czechia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1980 · aged 74