Nezval, Vitězslav (1900–1958)

Czech poet, novelist, and dramatist. His writings display a consciously childish perception of the world, and contain elements of surrealism, Symbolism, and Dada. He wrote The Remarkable Magician 1927, a long poem in praise of poetic imagination, and Edison 1928, hailing the age of jazz and radio.

Nezval applied surrealist poetic principles to prose, as in Mr Marat 1932 and the play Loretka 1941.