RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Urbancová, Linda T1 POETRY OF EMPTINESS AND SILENCE IN COLLECTION OF POETRY THE BLACK HERALDS JF Bohemica Olomucensia YR 2021 VO 13 IS 3 SP 104 OP 115 DO 10.5507/bo.2021.046 UL https://bohemica.upol.cz/artkey/boh-202103-0010.php AB The aim of this article is to introduce concepts of emptiness and silence in collection of poetry The black heralds (Los heraldos negros) by peruvian author César Vallejo. The first part of the work captures life events that influenced author's personality and his poetic style. Both of them are well reflected in verses from the first collection. The following section deals with specific analysis of poems and its main focus is to detect the concept of emptiness and silence in them.