He has also written experimental concrete poems which he calls "anticodes.
An essay by this author begins "A specter is haunting Eastern Europe: the specter of what in the West is called dissent" and includes a discussion of the signs that shopkeepers put in their windows as well as an elaboration of the idea of parallel structures, which was originally put forth by a compatriot of this author. In 2010 he published a short sketch called Dozens of Cousins, but his most recent full-length play is about a former chancellor named VilÃ©m Rieger. He has also written experimental concrete poems which he calls "anticodes." In one play, he wrote about a dissident named Leopold Nettles who is driven to distraction by constant state surveillance. This author of the essay "The Power of the Powerless" also wrote a play in which, rather than meeting Kalabis, the protagonist learns to speak in bureaucratic buzzwords, eventually becoming head of the Liquidation Committee. For 10 points, name this Czech author of Largo Desolato and The Garden Party.
An essay by this author begins "A specter is haunting Eastern Europe: the specter of what in the West is called dissent" and includes a discussion of the signs that shopkeepers put in their windows as well as an elaboration of the idea of parallel structures, which was originally put forth by a compatriot of this author.
VÃ¡clav Havel