Kamil Bednář (4 July 1912 – 23 May 1972), also known by his pen name "Prokop Kouba", was a Czechoslovak poet, translator,

prose Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural flow of speech, uses a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or follows the conventions of formal academic writing. It differs from most traditional poetry, where the f ...

writer, dramatist and publishing house editor.

Life

Bednář was born in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. After 1931, he studied law, and then six years of philosophy in

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. After he finished his studies in 1939, he worked in the publishing house Melantrich, from 1949 in the publishing house '' Československý spisovatel''. Since 1959 he dedicated himself only to the literature. He was founder of the literary group ''Ohnice'' (jointed charlock) and ''Pevný bod'' as well as author of poems, prose writings, essays, fairy tales and numerous translations from different languages. He died, aged 59, in

Mělník Mělník (; german: Melnik) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Mělník lies in one of the most im ...

Works

Books

* ''Kouzlení a cesty doktora Fausta'' * ''O Faustovi, Markétce a ďáblu'' * ''Zuzanka a mořeplavci na Vltavě'' * ''Kamenný palác'' * ''Veliký mrtvý''

Translations

*American poet

Robinson Jeffers John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887 – January 20, 1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Much of Jeffers's poetry was written in narrative and epic form. However, he is also known for his short ...

*Puss n Boots / The Cat in Boots ''Kocour v botách''

German-language publications

*Mr. Korbes *Swan lake *Small animals, large animals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bednar, Kamil 1912 births 1972 deaths Czechoslovak poets Czechoslovak writers Czechoslovak translators