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Scope and Contents This well illustrated book provides the definitive review of Hoffmeister's works and his life.According to John Vloemans (internet)" Adolf Hoffmeister was undoubtedly one of the most pittoresque figures of the intellectual and artistic scene in Prague during the interbellum. His was a restless and unconventional spirit, that could not be classified. He was born on August 15, 1902 in Prague into a well-to-do family. Adolf Hoffmeister was described as an elegant globetrotter and art connoisseur, a gourmand,who had a special bond with the magic power of his hometown Prague. He was at once a painter, caricaturist, illustrator, stage decorator, author, playwright,translator, journalist, radio reporter, professor of art, art critic, politician,diplomat, cultural ambassador and world traveller. No wonder he cannot be classified in any of the artistic schools of his country.What he carries his whole life, was his left-intellectual faith, as so many of his generation did. In October 1920 he...

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The text appears to be short biographies of European poets and artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book consists of illustrated interviews and essays about European artistic and literary figures from the 1920s to 1960s written and depicted with caricatures by Hoffmeister.Adolf Hoffmeister (1902-1973) was a poet, novelist, artist, translator and editor. He edited one of the main Czech daily newspapers, Lidove noviny (1928-30) and the main literary paper, Literarní noviny (1930-32). He was also a talented artist and caricaturist, often illustrating his own work. Hoffmeister set up an anti-fascist magazine, Simplicus, in the 1930s after the German satiric magazine Simplicissimus was banned by the Nazis. He also wrote the libretto for a children's opera, Brundibar, with music by the Czech composer Hans Krasa in 1938; the opera was performed fifty-five times by children in Terezín concentration camp where Krasa was interned. Hoffmeister emigrated to France in 1939, but moved on to Morocco when France fell. There, he was arrested but escaped from an internment camp and arrived...

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This book deals with Hoffmeister's travel to China. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book deals with Hoffmeister's travel to Egypt. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.