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Aleksander Wat : Life and Art of an Iconoclast
Aleksander Wat Life and Art of an Iconoclast Author:Tomas Venclova Aleksander Wat (pronounced `Vaht`) experienced first hand every political and artistic movement in Eastern Europe from World War I until his death in 1968. Tomas Venclova, himself a renowned poet and scholar, has written the first complete account of this Polish writer`s turbulent life as a futurist, surrealist, Communist, and ultimately a provo... more »cative spokesman for democracy. Venclova also provides a thorough analysis of Wat`s extraordinary poems and prose works.« less