Bohdan Chlíbec (born 12 March 1963) is a Czech poet. He lives in

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since 1971. He works as a librarian at

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. Collection of his poems under the title ''Zimní dvůr'' was awarded by the readers award at

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in 2013. A2 magazine listed this book in the Czech literary works after 1989, naming it as one of the most important Czech books in the thirty years since the

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His works

*''Zasněžený popel (Snow-covered ash)'', 1992 *''Temná komora (Darkroom)'', 1998 *''Zimní dvůr (Winter yard)'', 2013 *''Krev burzy (Stock blood)'', 2019

References

1963 births Living people People from Teplice Czech male poets 20th-century Czech poets 21st-century Czech poets {{CzechRepublic-poet-stub