Milan Ohnisko (16 July 1965 in

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. After quitting two secondary schools before graduating either of them he worked in many manual professions. He also had his own publishing house and a bookshop. Currently he works as a freelance editor.

Works

Ohnisko's

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

is a mixture of naivist technique which uses

word play Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonet ...

with highly rational punchlines, and neo-decadent sense of tragedy and

quixotism Quixotism ( or ; adj. quixotic) is impracticality in pursuit of ideals, especially those ideals manifested by rash, lofty and romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action. It also serves to describe an idealism without regard to practicality ...

of an outsider fighting the mainstream. He often uses and combines naivism,

irony Irony (), in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what on the surface appears to be the case and what is actually the case or to be expected; it is an important rhetorical device and literary technique. Irony can be categorized into ...

humor Humour (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humorism, humoral medicine of the ancient Gre ...

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absurdity An absurdity is a state or condition of being extremely unreasonable, meaningless or unsound in reason so as to be irrational or not taken seriously. "Absurd" is an adjective used to describe an absurdity, e.g., "Tyler and the boys laughed at ...

. Poetry *''Obejmi démona!'' (2001) *''Vepřo knedlo zlo aneb Uršulinovi dnové'' (2003) *''Milancolia'' (2005) *''Býkárna'' (with

Ivan Wernisch Ivan Wernisch (born 18 June 1942) is a Czech poet, editor and a collage artist. He studied Ceramics Secondary school in Carlsbad (he left in 1959) and has since done many jobs, mostly manual. In 1961, after publishing his debut poetry book, he ...

and

Michal Šanda Michal Šanda (born 10 December 1965, in Prague) is a Czech writer and poet. Life After secondary school, he made his living in a series of jobs that included stonemasonry, bookselling, street vending, fowling and organ-grinding, as well as ...

) (2006) *''Love!'' (2007) *''Azurové inferno'' (2009) *''Nechráněný styk'' (2012) *''Oh! Výbor z básnického díla 1985–2012'' (Selected poems 1985–2012, editor Ondřej Hanus) (2012)

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