What began as a student project and eventually became the flesh of a printed book, A Life Among Letters, published by Inventory Press, is an extended interview between Clara Anežka in which she explores the very personal influences that fed into Clara’s life’s work – a largely unrecognised revolutionary oeuvre that spanned some of the greatest political and societal upheavals of Czech history, all whilst leaving an unmistakable mark on an era of book design and 20th-century typography.

What began as a student project and eventually became the flesh of a printed book, A Life Among Letters, published by Inventory Press, is an extended interview between Clara Anežka in which she explores the very personal influences that fed into Clara’s life’s work – a largely unrecognised revolutionary oeuvre that spanned some of the greatest political and societal upheavals of Czech history, all whilst leaving an unmistakable mark on an era of book design and 20th-century typography.

What began as a student project and eventually became the flesh of a printed book, A Life Among Letters, published by Inventory Press, is an extended interview between Clara Anežka in which she explores the very personal influences that fed into Clara’s life’s work – a largely unrecognised revolutionary oeuvre that spanned some of the greatest political and societal upheavals of Czech history, all whilst leaving an unmistakable mark on an era of book design and 20th-century typography.