Ho-Tai : dzejoli 1921. -1922. (Ho-Tai : Verses 1921 - 1922)

Linards Laicens / Niklavs Strunke cover design

Verlag: Vainags, Riga, 1922

Beschreibung

Latvian language. Octavo 12 x 15 cm. Weight 30 gr. Wrappers, 27 [4] pp. The book is in perfect condition, without any defects, losses, remarks and stains. Some uncut pages indicate that the book has never been read. Present cycle of poems by Linards Laicens is considered as one of the best books of love lyrics in Latvian literature. It is stand-alone work in author's leftist propaganda literary creation. Verses full of Eastern exotic dedicated to Anna Lacis, Latvian actress, who lived with poet before her arresting for left-wing underground organizations participance. In Ho-Tai author successfully applied forms borrowed from Chinese poetry. Here he began experiments with free verse. Modernist Chinese-style graphical cover design created by leading Latvian artist Niklavs Strunke. Book was re-edited several times (1968, 1983). Present copy is rare first edition in excellent condition. Linards Laicens (1883-1938) was Latvian leading leftist avant-garde writer and poet. He took part in the revolution of 1905 and supported the idea of independence, but in 1920 he became a communist, moving to the Soviet Union in 1932. Six years later he fell victim to the purge of 1938 and was imprisoned and shot. In literary works Laicens defends the idea of "new" art that will sweep away the old one - an idea that was crucial not only for futurists and other modernists poets but also for the propagandists of proletarian literature in the Soviet Union. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 47

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ho-Tai : dzejoli 1921. -1922. (Ho-Tai : ...

Verlag: Vainags, Riga

Erscheinungsdatum: 1922

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition