How the World Is Losing Poets () is a Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Duà ¡an Klein, based on the novella Amatéà Âi. Jak pà ÂicházàsvÃÂt o básnÃÂky by Ladislav PecháÃÂek. It was released in 1982. The first of the "Poets hexalogy", the title is followed by How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985), How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988), Konec básnÃÂkà ¯ v ÃÂechách (1993), Jak básnÃÂci neztrácejànadÃÂji (2004), and Jak básnÃÂci ÃÂekajàna zázrak (2016).
The film stars Pavel Kà ÂÃÂà ¾, David Matásek, and Miroslava à  afránková.
à  tepán à  afránek, a high school student with poetic talent, and his friend Kendy, a musician, agree to write and perform a musical play. They rope in various residents of their small town, including Borà ¯vka, a young girl to whom à  afránek ultimately loses his virginity.