Jiřina Hauková (January 27, 1919, Přerov – December 15, 2005) was a

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and

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. She was a member of the

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(Skupina 42), together with her husband

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Biography

Having graduated from a grammar school in 1939, she started to study philosophy in Brno, where she stayed until the Nazi occupants closed all universities. After that she worked as an editor in ''Obzor'' (''The Horizon'') in Přerov. She finished her studies in 1949 at the Charles University in

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. Until 1950, when she started career as a professional writer, she worked for the Ministry of Information. After

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she was banned to publish and some of her works were published abroad. Apart from her own books of poetry, she was a celebrated translator from

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. She translated ''

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'' (together with her husband) in 1947, and also books by

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, John Keats,

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

and Dylan Thomas. She was Thomas’ interpreter and guide when he visited Prague in March 1949 to attend a writers’ conference. She has given an account of Thomas’ visit in her memoirs, ''Záblesky života'', which has been partly reproduced in an English translation.D. N. Thomas (2004) ''Dylan Remembered 1935-1953'', vol. 2., Seren, pp pp160-164 and 295-296, Seren, and also a
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Zbyněk Hejda Zbyněk Hejda (2 February 1930, Hradec Králové – 16 November 2013, Prague) was a Czech poet, essayist and translator (mainly from English - Emily Dickinson; and German - Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn). Life He studied philosophy and history at ...

, the prestigious ''

Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert (; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides ...

Award'' for the outstanding lifetime contribution to the Czech literature.

Bibliography

Poetry

* ''Přísluní'', 1943 * ''Cizí pokoj'', 1946 * ''Oheň ve sněhu'', 1958 * ''Rozvodí času'', 1970 * ''Spodní proudy'', abroad 1988, in the Czech Republic 1992 * ''Motýl a smrt'', 1990 * ''Světlo září'', 1995 * ''Mozaika z vedřin'', 1997 * ''Básně'', 2000 (''Collected Poems'') * ''Večerní prška'', 2002

Memoirs

* ''Záblesky života'', 1996

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haukova, Jirina 1919 births 2005 deaths People from Přerov Czech poets Czech translators Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Group 42 Czech women writers 20th-century poets 20th-century women writers 20th-century translators Czechoslovak poets