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Bezina, Otakar
(ô´täkär brzh´znä) (KEY) , 1868–1929, Czech lyric poet, leader of the Czech symbolists, whose original name was Václav Jebavý. The first collection of his poetry, Tajemné dálky [mysterious distances], appeared in 1895. It was followed by four more volumes of mystic, highly imaginative verse, and by one of essays, Hudba pramenu [the music of the springs] (1903). Bezina is considered one of the greatest of Czech poets.
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