Milan Ohnisko

Milan Ohnisko (16 July 1965 – 3 September 2026) was a Czech poet, editor and dissident^{[clarification needed]}. 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.

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)