Petr Borkovec (April 17, 1970, Louňovice pod Blaníkem) is a

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poet, translator and journalist. He studied Czech language and literature at the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University but did not finish his studies. His poems have been translated into almost all European languages. His books have been published in

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. Borkovec translates mostly 20th-century Russian poetry.

Works

Poetry

*''Prostírání do tichého'', Pražská imaginace, 1990 *''Poustevna, věštírna, loutkárna'', Mladá fronta, 1991 *''Ochoz'', Mladá fronta, 1994 *''Ze tří knih = Aus drei Büchern'', Buchwerkstatt Thanhäuser, 1995 (

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translation) *''Mezi oknem, stolem a postelí'', Český spisovatel, 1996 *''Polní práce'', Mladá fronta, 1998 *''Feldarbeit: Gedichte'', Edition Korrespondenzen, 2001 (

translation) *''A. B. A. F.'', Opus, 2002 *''Needle-book'', Paseka, 2003 *''Nadelbuch: Gedichte'', Edition Korrespondenzen, 2004 (

translation) *''Vnitrozemí'', Fra, 2005 *''Amselfassade. Berlin-Notate'', Friedenauer Presse, 2006 (

translation) *''Berlínský sešit / Zápisky ze Saint-Nazaire'', Fra, 2008 *''From the Interior: Poems 1995-2005'', Seren, 2008 (

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translation) *''Jedna věta'', Revolver Revue, 2011 *''Milostné básně'', Fra, 2012 *''Liebesgedichte'', Edition Korrespondenzen, 2014 (

translation)

Anthologies

*''Krajiny milosti. Antologie české duchovní lyriky XX. století'', 1994 *''Sborník k pětasedmdesátinám Ivana Slavíka'', 1995.

Translations

*''U řek babylónských'', Torst, 1996 - anthology of Russian emigrant poetry *

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: ''Král Oidipús'', premiered at HaDivadlo in 1998, in print by Větrné mlýny in 1999 — translated with Matyáš Havrda *''Jasná luna v prázdných horách'', Paseka, 2001 — anthology of classical Korean poetry, with Vladimír Pucek *

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: ''Oresteia'', premiered a published by the National Theatre June 18, 2002 — translated with Matyáš Havrda *

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...

: ''Ut pictura poesis'', Triáda, 2002) — translated with Jaroslav Kabíček *

Vladislav Khodasevich Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (russian: Владисла́в Фелициа́нович Ходасе́вич; 16 May 1886 – 14 June 1939) was an influential Russian poet and literary critic who presided over the Berlin circle of Russian e ...

: ''Těžká lyra'', Opus, 2004 — poems translated by Petr Borkovec, esseys translated by Miluše Zadražilová *Yuri Odartschenko: ''Verše do alba'', Fra, 2005 *

Yevgeny Rein Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...

: ''Bylo, byli, byla, byl…'', Opus, 2005 His translations of poems by authors such as

Zinaida Gippius Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (Hippius) (; – 9 September 1945) was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker, one of the major figures in Russian symbolism. The story of her marriage to Dmitry Merezhkovsky, which laste ...

Georgy Ivanov Georgy Vladimirovich Ivanov (russian: Гео́ргий Влади́мирович Ива́нов; in Puki Estate, Seda Volost, Kovno Governorate – 26 August 1958 in Hyères, Var, France) was a leading poet and essayist of the Russian emigrati ...

, Joseph Brodsky were published in magazines.

Awards

*1995 — Cena Jiřího Ortena ( Jiří Orten Award) in 1994 for his book ''Ochoz'' *2001 — Hubert-Burda-Preis and Norbert-C.-Kaser-Preis for the German translation of his book ''Polní práce'' *2002 — Prémie Tomáše Hrácha for his translation of ''Oresteia'' (with Matyáš Havrda) *2004 — Cena Josefa Jungmanna (main creative award) for his translation of a part of ''Heavy Lyre'' by

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