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came to power, he (like many of his colleagues) was arrested and sacked. With the help of friends, he was able to leave prison and go into exile in Europe. After staying in France for a year, he volunteered to work in the German
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Deisler has produced a large body of visual poetry and contributed to the movement of mail art. But most of this work, exhibited and published in the different countries of his exile, is little known and remains to be rediscovered. He is largely remembered as a promoter of his fellow artists. As
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where he and his family stayed for almost 12 years. In 1986, he was allowed to return to the German
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Deisler, Guillermo (Hg.) (b) : peacedream project. UNI/vers(;) Visuelle und experimentelle Poesie international. Magazin 2. Halle/Saale 1994.
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2008 Sala Juan Egenau, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile. "Poetry
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