Der Lyriker V. A. Polák
The Poet V. A. Polák
Author(s): Ludvík VáclavekSubject(s): Cultural history, Jewish studies, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Vlastimil Artur Polák; poet; Jews; Moravia;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the life and work of Vlastimil Artur Polák, a Jewish poet born at the Moravian town of Úsov in 1914 and descendant of an old Jewish family. It is, above all, Polàk’s cycle of German poems called “Die Stadt der Schwarzen Tore“ that is paid attention to. The cycle dating from the years 1938-1945 was inspired by the Terezin concentration camp-ghetto, besides others.
Journal: Judaica Bohemiae
- Issue Year: XV/1979
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 63-73
- Page Count: 11
- Language: German
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