Main Works
Deml became one of the most important Czech authors of 1920s and 1930s. During his time his works were not very recognized, however he is now being considered a predecessor of modern literary genre, mainly surrealism.
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- Šlépěje, so-called 'One-Man-Review', Deml's own periodical with essays, poems, diary notes, letters, pamphlets, tractates etc., published between 1917 and 1941 in 26 volumes.
- Zapomenuté světlo, published 1934 and confiscated by censors for 'obscenous moments' - Roman Jakobson considered it the greatest prose work of 1930s. It has not been translated to English yet. It was made into a film by Vladimír Michálek in 1996.
- Podzimní sen, written 1951, published in London 1984, first home edition Prague 1992
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