Vladimír Merta: Out of time
- Where: Montmartre Gallery
- When: January 23, 2014, 19:00 – 21:00
Musical evening and presentation of the first collected and authorised publication of the song lyrics of Vladimír Merta which, over almost 1,000 pages, maps the sung poetry of one of the most important Czech songwriters.
The volume Mimo čas (Out of Time) gathers all of Merta’s lyrics from 1966 to today and presents this distinctive and renowned singing poet. At the same time, it provides readers with an impressive lyrical testimony about the writer’s life, views and civic standpoints over a period of almost 50 years.
In the presence of the writer, his guitar and other guests, the book will be introduced by editors Jan Šulc and Lubomír Houdek.
The evening is being held in cooperation with the publishers Galén.