Nesrozmitelný Weiner
By Jindrich Chalupecký
Octavo, typescript bound in cloth, 127(1)pp., 1 pl. Original samizdat publication, a typescript by Chalupecký of an in-depth study of the work of Richard Weiner (1884-1937). It is dated as 1965 but only circulated in samizdat form some two decades later. This followed Chalupecký s first attempt to promote Weiner in 1947. He began championing Weiner as a predecessor to the Skupina 42 group. Chalupecký (1910-1990) is recognized as the most prominent and celebrated Czech art theoretician of the 20th century. The title Nesrozumitelný Weiner (The Incomprehensible Weiner) rightly indicates how difficult a figure Weiner is to pin down conveniently into literary categories. The monograph includes a facsimile of a page of Weiner's diary and transcripts of three of Weiner's personal letters. Weiner s great influence on contemporary Czech writers only began after the Prague Spring in 1969. At the time of this writing (ca. 1964-5) his work was generally unknown and discouraged in public discourse, and even at the late date of 1987 the book could only be released in samizdat form. One library holding of this printing found in North America, and only one more in the British Library with no recorded copies in Czech libraries. It is a very rare original Ceská Expedice underground samizdat, bound in cloth cover with "CE" embossed on spine as the only indication of origin. Ceská Expedice operated from 1979 to the Velvet Revolution of 1989. It released a number of Chalupecký s unpublishable works; as with all their editions, there is no colophon or limitation indicated but it is not likely that more than twenty copies were issued. This copy signed by Chalupecký. Lightly rubbed spine, else fine. A note on Richard Weiner ---- Richard Weiner (1884-1937), Surrealist poet and novelist. Weiner can be seen as the poetic equivalent to Franz Kafka in modern Czech literature. Writing primarily between the wars, Weiner worked in an expressionist vein, later turning to surrealism. He is viewed in the Czech literary world as an equal to Kafka. His work awaits appropriate recognition outside of Czech language readers to take a major place in world literature.
Published by: Prague: Ceske Expedice, 1987
Vendor: Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
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By Jindrich Chalupecký
Octavo, typescript bound in cloth, 127(1)pp., 1 pl. Original samizdat publication, a typescript by Chalupecký of an in-depth study of the work of Richard Weiner (1884-1937). It is dated as 1965 but only circulated in samizdat form some two decades later. This followed Chalupecký s first attempt to promote Weiner in 1947. He began championing Weiner as a predecessor to the Skupina 42 group. Chalupecký (1910-1990) is recognized as the most prominent and celebrated Czech art theoretician of the 20th century. The title Nesrozumitelný Weiner (The Incomprehensible Weiner) rightly indicates how difficult a figure Weiner is to pin down conveniently into literary categories. The monograph includes a facsimile of a page of Weiner's diary and transcripts of three of Weiner's personal letters. Weiner s great influence on contemporary Czech writers only began after the Prague Spring in 1969. At the time of this writing (ca. 1964-5) his work was generally unknown and discouraged in public discourse, and even at the late date of 1987 the book could only be released in samizdat form. One library holding of this printing found in North America, and only one more in the British Library with no recorded copies in Czech libraries. It is a very rare original Ceská Expedice underground samizdat, bound in cloth cover with "CE" embossed on spine as the only indication of origin. Ceská Expedice operated from 1979 to the Velvet Revolution of 1989. It released a number of Chalupecký s unpublishable works; as with all their editions, there is no colophon or limitation indicated but it is not likely that more than twenty copies were issued. This copy signed by Chalupecký. Lightly rubbed spine, else fine. A note on Richard Weiner ---- Richard Weiner (1884-1937), Surrealist poet and novelist. Weiner can be seen as the poetic equivalent to Franz Kafka in modern Czech literature. Writing primarily between the wars, Weiner worked in an expressionist vein, later turning to surrealism. He is viewed in the Czech literary world as an equal to Kafka. His work awaits appropriate recognition outside of Czech language readers to take a major place in world literature.
Published by: Prague: Ceske Expedice, 1987
Vendor: Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
