Lev Blatný

Lev Blatný (11 April 1894 Brno - 21 June 1930 Poprad-Kvetnica) was a Czech poet, author, theatre critic and Dramaturg.

Life

Blatný descended from a musical family from Brno. From 1915-1918 he was a soldier with Halič, Bukovina, and Albania. After the war he terminated his studies in Prague and became a civil servant with the Czech course in Brno. Shortly thereafter he began his theatre activity, first as Dramaturg. He tried to bring important new works native and strange artists on the stage.

Works

Already as a young man he published poems and short prose, later the theatre was his homeland, he wrote also numerous criticisms. His first own work was "Starlit Sky" (Hvězdná obloha), specified in the theatre in Brno. The play "Three" (Tři) and the comedy followed "Kokoko dák", were his most popular works. He wrote also some Expressionist stories. He died of tuberculosiscite book |title=Slovník českých spisovatelů |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=ed. Věra Menclová, Václav Vaněk |year=2005 |publisher=Libri |location=Prague |isbn=80-7277-179-5 |pages=p. 81 |url= cs icon] .

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