Lamento

by Vladimír Holan

Jádrem Lamenta, třetího svazku spisů Vladimíra Holana, je sbírka Bolest, jež vznikala v letech 1949--1955. Jde o autorovu nejsubjektivnější zpověď či nářek, o verše důvěrného porozumění a čiré srozumitelnosti, vzniklé v nejtěžších letech Holanova umlčení, v době, kdy se k bolesti duše a lamentu srdce přidaly i starosti o každodenní existenci. V roce 1949 přestává Holan vycházet z domova a uzavírá se v izolaci na Kampě. Souběžně se sbírkou Bolest vznikají obdobně laděné cykly Víno a Strach. Lamento otevírají Holanovy verše dětem (1954), inspirované především krutou nemocí jeho pětileté Kateřiny.

Genres: Poetry

292 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

s one of the earlier poets of the country. Born in the year 1905, Vladimír Holan was famous for the obscure language and the pessimistic ideas that his poems revealed. Born in Prague, Vladimír Holan perused a career of a clerk. His first poetic work was published in the year 1932 and was called Vanutí meaning Breezing.

A member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Vladimír Holans poetry often reflected his strong political views. His more political poems included, Zárí 1938 (September 1938),Sen (The Dream), Odpoved Francii (The Reply to France), and Zpev tríkrálový (Twelfth Night Song). In the year 1949 he left the Communist party and by the 1950s and 60s he started writing longer poems which were a mixture of abstract lyrics and reality.

Vladimír Holan stopped writing after the death of his only daughter in the year 1977 and in the year 1980 he passed away and was buried at the Olšany Cemetery. The most celebrated poems of the poet Vladimír Holan includes:

* Snow
* Stay
* When It Rains On Sunday
* A Night With Hamlet
* Eodem anno pons ruptus est
* Meeting in a Lift
* Mi Lascio
* She Asked You
* Human Voice