Ivan Blatný Collection at the Museum of Czech Literature

Ivan Blatný (1919–1990), an important Czech poet, lived and died in exile in the United Kingdom after 1948. Upon arrival in the UK, he applied for political asylum and became a “banned” poet in Czechoslovakia as a result of his emigration and openly talking on BBC radio about political pressure against artists in Czechoslovakia. Despite being banned, his work circulated in Czechoslovakia through both samizdat and official printings.

伊凡·布拉特尼（1919-1990），一位杰出的捷克诗人，自1948年后在英国流亡生活直至逝世。抵达英国后，他申请了政治庇护，并因移民及在BBC广播中公开谈论捷克斯洛伐克对艺术家施加的政治压力，成为了捷克斯洛伐克国内的‘禁书’诗人。尽管遭到禁止，他的作品仍通过地下印刷和官方出版在捷克斯洛伐克流传。