Lev Blatný
Lev Blatný (born April 11, 1894 in Brno , † June 21, 1930 in Kvetnica near Poprad ) was a Czech poet , author , theater critic and dramaturge .
Lev Blatný came from a family of musicians from Brno. His brother was the composer Josef Blatný . From 1915 to 1918 Lev Blatný was a soldier in Galicia , Bukovina , Transylvania and Albania . He married Zdenka Klíčníková in 1918. The following year their son, who would later become avant-garde writer Ivan Blatný, was born.
After the war he finished his studies at the Juridikum in Prague and became a civil servant at the Czech Railways in Brno . Shortly thereafter, however, he began his theater work, initially as a dramaturge. He tried to bring significant new works by local and foreign artists to the stage.
As a young person he published poems and short prose , later the theater was his home and he wrote numerous reviews. His first own work was Starry Sky ( Hvězdná obloha ), performed in the Brno theater. This was followed by the play Drei ( Tři ) and the comedy Kokoko-dák , which was his most popular work. He also wrote some expressionist stories. He died of tuberculosis .
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Lev Blatný in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Detailed curriculum vitae in German on the website of the city of Brno
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Blatný, Lev |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blatny, Lev |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech poet, author, theater critic and dramaturge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno , Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1930 |
| Place of death | Kvetnica |