Jan Otakar Fischer
Jan Otakar Fischer (born November 30, 1923 in České Budějovice ; † January 4, 1992 ) was a Czech literary scholar , journalist and translator .
Jan Otakar Fischer was the son of the writer Otokar Fischer and the painter Vlasta Vostřebalová-Fischer (1898–1963). He graduated from high school in Prague in 1941, studied economics and languages and, after May 1945, at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University . Since 1958 he has been head of the Department of Romance Studies, from 1984 a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences.
In the work on Stendhal (1951) he saw him as the first literary critic of capitalism. Fischer has published a monographic study on Pierre-Jean de Béranger , initially in German in the GDR and later in Czechoslovakia (1967). He sees Beranger as a progressive poet who decisively influenced the development of the workers' song.
He was the author and editor of numerous articles, monographs and compilations on Romance literatures. From these languages he made translations into Czech.
Works
- Pierre-Jean de Beranger. Work and effect (New contributions to literary studies. Volume 11) Berlin: Rütten & Loening 1960. 327 pp.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Jan Otakar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fischer, Jan O. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak translator and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | České Budějovice |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1992 |