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Dear friends of Meltingpot. We are very sorry, but this July we will not meet in person in the Dolní Vítkovice area. The 19th year of
the Colours of Ostrava festival, which we host every year, has had to be postponed to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. See you on 14th - 17th July 2021.
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Czech

Petr Hruška (CZE)

poet, writer

„Poetry is not a decoration of life. It must excite, astonish, surprise, insult, break down existing aesthetic satisfaction and create new ones.“

 

One of the most respected and popular contemporary Czech poets, literary historian and essayist. In 1998 he was awarded the Dresden Lyric Award. State Prize Laureate for Literature (2013) and Jan Skácel Award (2009) winner. In Italy, he has won the Premio Piero Ciampi 2014. This year he has already published his ninth collection entitled Nikde není řečeno (Nowhere is it said).