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| | Karel Hynek Macha | CESLIT |
 | | November was the anniversary of the birth (1810) and death (1836) of the great Czech romantic poet, Karel Hynek Macha. |
 | | Compared to Byron, Keats, Shelley, and Poe, called Lautreamont's "elder brother" by the Czech Surrealists, Karel Hynek Macha (1810-1836) was the greatest Czech Romantic poet, and arguably the most influential of any poet in the language. |
 | | Scorned at first by the national revivalists of the 19th century for being "un-Czech," he was held up as a "national" poet by later generations, a fate from which the interwar Czech avant-garde, who considered him a precursor, tried to rescue him. |
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