Jan Zahradníček

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Jan Zahradníček

Jan Alois Zahradníček (born January 17, 1905 in Mastník , † October 7, 1960 near Vlčatín ) was a Czech poet, journalist and translator.

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Zahradníček is considered to be one of the best-known representatives of “ Catholic modernity” in Czech literature . Between 1935 and 1945 Zahradníček worked at the invitation of the pastor Jan Dokulil in Uhřínov , where he married in 1945. As a representative of Catholicism, Zahradníček was exposed to state repression. In 1950, he and others were charged with subversive activity and sentenced to thirteen years in prison. In 1956 he was granted leave of absence because two of his daughters had died of mushroom poisoning. He had not been informed of this in prison; he only found out when he arrived at his family, which was an aggravated stroke of fate for the poet.

After his release in 1960, the ailing poet could no longer enjoy his freedom. He died shortly afterwards of an attack of suffocation. In 1966, under the influence of reform communism , he was posthumously acquitted and fully rehabilitated. After the Prague Spring and the end of reform communist developments, Zahradníček's writings were again outlawed and practically forbidden.

After the Velvet Revolution , his work was again made accessible to a broader class and parts of it were translated into other languages. His grave is in the Uhřínov cemetery.

Works

  • Hope to return home , Hauzenberg: Ed. Pongratz, 2002, ISBN 3-931883-21-3
  • The Prisoner of God: Poems 1945-1960 . Transfer u. introduced by Nikolaus Lobkowicz (1984).
  • Rowan berries. (Jeráby) Poems in the original and in a German translation by Urs Heftrich and with pictures by Jirí Vincenc Slavícek, Prague, ISBN 80-7253-063-1

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personal data
SURNAME Zahradníček, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zahradníček, Jan Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Mastník
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1960
Place of death at Vlčatín