Milan Ohnisko (16 July 1965 – 3 September 2026) was a Czech poet, editor and dissident. 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. He was one of the signatories of Charter 77.
Ohnisko's poetry is a mixture of naivist technique which uses word play with highly rational punchlines, and neo-decadent sense of tragedy and quixotism of an outsider fighting the mainstream. He often uses and combines naivety, irony, humour and absurdity.
Ohnisko died on 3 September 2026, at the age of 61.
Works Poetry Obejmi démona! (2001) Vepřo knedlo zlo aneb Uršulinovi dnové (2003) Milancolia (2005) Býkárna (with Ivan Wernisch and Michal Šanda) (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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Czech literature (in Czech)