Michal Habaj, Caput Mortuum

Caput Mortuum

The Hungarian edition of the poetry collection Caput mortuum sub-titled Poemata posthumanismi speculativus, Speculative Post-humanism Poems. The book is a poetic report about the looming downfall of human culture and civilisation. The poet counts himself as part of the cultural life of the dead heads as a form of speculativism. Characters from different dimensions try to rebuild everything from the shambles of humanity because poetry cannot be part of the global conspiracy. Habaj mystifies others as well as his own persona when he pronounces himself the most popular literary figure of the 18th century even though, as he writes, there are zero streets and squares named after him. The context of his work is full of similar hoaxes. 

Publisher

Number of pages

165

Language

Hungarian language

Year

2019

Book category

Poetry

Original

Original language

Slovak language

Published in

Dunajská Streda

Country

Slovakia

ISBN

978-80-8101-983-8

Supported by

LIC/SLOLIA

Translator

Attila Merva

Author