How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives

{{short description|1988 Czechoslovak comedy film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox film

| name = How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives

| image = How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives, Czechoslovak comedy film, poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|cs|Jak básníkům chutná život}}

| director = Dušan Klein

| writer = {{plainlist|

• Dušan Klein
• Ladislav Pecháček

}}

| screenplay =

| producer =

| starring = {{plainlist|

• Pavel Kříž
• David Matásek
• Eva Vejmělková

}}

| cinematography = Josef Vaniš

| editing = Jiří Brožek

| music = Zdeněk Marat

| studio = Barrandov Studios

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1988|6|1|df=yes}}

| runtime = 102 minutes

| country = Czechoslovakia

| language = Czech

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How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives ({{langx|cs|Jak básníkům chutná život}}) is a 1988 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Dušan Klein and written by Klein with Ladislav Pecháček.{{cite web|title=Jak básníkům chutná život |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/film/397552/jak-basnikum-chutna-zivot |website=filmovyprehled.cz |date= |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=cs}}{{cite web|title=Jak básníkům chutná život |url=https://www.filmovamista.cz/133-Jak-basnikum-chutna-zivot |website=filmovamista.cz |date= |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=cs}} The third installment in the "Poets hexalogy", the title is preceded by How the World Is Losing Poets (1982) and How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985), and followed by Konec básníků v Čechách (1993), Jak básníci neztrácejí naději (2004), and Jak básníci čekají na zázrak (2016).{{cite web|title=Život je kompromis – básnická hexalogie |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/revue/detail/zivot-je-kompromis-basnicka-hexalogie |website=filmovyprehled.cz |date=13 April 2016 |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=cs |trans-title=Life Is a Compromise – Poets Hexalogy}} The film stars Pavel Kříž and David Matásek, and revisits the lives of Štěpán Šafránek and his best friend, Kendy, as they navigate their respective personal and professional lives.