Jan Zábrana
Jan Zábrana (born June 4, 1931 in Herálec , † September 3, 1984 in Prague ) was a Czech writer , poet and translator .
Life
Zábrana spent his youth in Herálec. Since his mother was arrested for political reasons in 1949, he was not allowed to enroll in philosophy at Charles University after graduating from high school in 1950 . Therefore he studied for four semesters Catholic theology at the theological faculty. In 1951 his father was also arrested for political reasons. Both parents were not pardoned until 1960 by way of an amnesty.
In 1954 Zábrana started working as a translator. He translated poetry and prose from Russian and English. He also wrote poetry and wrote detective novels with Josef Škvorecký . In 1957 he published a volume of poetry.
Works
- Utkvělé černé ikony (1965)
- Stránky z deníku (1968)
- Lynč (1968)
- Jak se dělá báseň (1970)
- Potkat básníka (1989)
- Jistota nejhoršího (1991)
- Zeď vzpomínek (1992)
- Básně (1993)
- Celý život (Diary, 1992) - two parts
- Sedm povídek (1993)
- Together with Josef Škvorecký
- Vražda pro štěstí (1962)
- Vražda se zárukou (1964)
- Táňa a dva pistolníci (1965)
- Vražda v zastoupení (1967)
- Translations of poems
- Gregory Corso
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti : A Coney Island of the Mind
- Allen Ginsberg : Howl
- Sergei Alexandrovich Esenin
- Ossip Emiljewitsch Mandelstam : Tristia
- Kenneth Patching : When We Were Here Together
- Sylvia Plath : Ariel
- Wallace Stevens : The Man With the Blue Guitar
- Translations of prose
- Isaak Emmanuilowitsch Babel : The cavalry army , ISBN 3-518-22151-5
- Ivan Alexejewitsch Bunin : Late hour
- Joseph Conrad : Heart of Darkness
- Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva :
- Boris Leonidowitsch Pasternak : Doctor Schiwago
- Boris Andrejewitsch Pilnjak : The story of the non-extinguished moon
- Andrei Platonowitsch Platonow : The birth of the master
- Alexander Issajewitsch Solzhenitsyn : The Gulag Archipelago (proportionally)
- German speaking
- The Happiness Murder , ISBN 3498008447
Web links
- Literature by and about Jan Zábrana in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Jan Zábrana in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Homepage about the author
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zábrana, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zábrana, Honsa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech writer, poet and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herálec |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 1984 |
| Place of death | Prague |