Jiří Levý
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Jiří Levý (born August 8, 1926 in Košice , † January 17, 1967 in Brno ) was a Czech literary theorist and historian .
Life
The son of literary historian Otakar Levý studied English and Czech after attending secondary school at Masaryk University in Brno . From 1950 to 1963 he was a lecturer at the University of Olomouc and from 1964 worked at the chair for Czech literature and literary studies at the University of Brno.
Memberships
In Brno he organized two versological conferences, founded the group of exact methods and interdisciplinary relations. He was a member of the Association of Czechoslovak Writers , actively worked in the translation section of the Association of Czech Writers and was active in the international translation organization FIT . Levý was a member of the Odeon editorial board of the Czech magazine Czech Literature (Česká literatura), Dialog , Babel and editor of the Theory of Verse collection (Teorie verše).
Works
He wrote down his main research interests in his works Development of Translation Methods in Czech Literature (Vývoj překladatelských metod v české literatuře, 1957), his post-doctoral thesis on Basic Questions of the Theory of Translation (Základní otázky teorie překladu, 1958) and his doctoral thesis Problems of comparative verse srovnávací versifikace, 1963). In addition, he wrote articles for Czech and foreign scientific journals and gave lectures on the subject of translation in Dubrovnik , Warsaw , Hamburg , Vienna and Stuttgart, among others .
Together with Jiří Franěk , he edited the Edition Czech Translation (Český překlad). His publication The Czech Theory of Translation (České teorie překladu, 1957) was the first volume of this edition .
His book The Art of Translation (Umění překladu, 1963) deals with the problems of translating artistic literature, with an emphasis on poetry translation. In other works he deals with the theory of understanding and the problem of translation.
His works also include monographs on TS Eliot , Walt Whitman , Ben Jonson, and others.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Jiří Levý in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Literature by and about Jiří Levý in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Levý, Jiří |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levy, Jiri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech literary theorist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Košice |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 1967 |
| Place of death | Brno |