Ludvík Kundera

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Ludvík Kundera (autumn 2009)

Ludvík Kundera (born March 22, 1920 in Brno , † August 17, 2010 in Boskovice ) was a Czech writer . He was considered a surrealist and was best known for ironic-satirical poems, stories and essays.

Live and act

After graduating from high school in Leitmeritz in 1938 , Kundera enrolled in the philosophical faculty of Charles University in Prague, but moved to Brno , where he was surprised by the closure of the universities in the course of the German occupation. That is why he did not finish his studies until 1946. He also wrote during his time as a forced laborer in Berlin-Spandau . After the war he became a founding member of the surrealist artists' association Skupina RA , whose manifesto, the article Mladší surrealisté , he wrote in 1945 together with Zdeněk Lorenc . His play The total cock crow (Totální kuropění), published in 1961, alternates between verse, prose and vocal parts. Since 1967 he has been a member of the PEN , since 2001 of the international Franz Fühmann Circle of Friends ( International Franz Fühmann Circle of Friends ). Since the 1950s Kundera had a working relationship with Franz Fühmann , which later became a friendship, from which the two anthologies "Die Glasträne" (1964, 1966) and "Die Sonnenuhr" (1987, expanded 1993) emerged.

From 1968 to 1970 Kundera was chief dramaturge at the Brno Theater . After the publication ban was issued, he published in samizdat and published a samizdat edition from 1973 to 1975, Host do domu (guest in the house). From 1976 he lived in Kunštát ( Moravia ) until his death . From 1990 to 1999 Kundera was entrusted with guest lectures at universities in Brno and Olomouc . The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno awarded him an honorary doctorate . An extensive edition of works has been published since the late 1990s . He was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts and the Saxon Academy of the Arts . Kundera belonged to the Obec spisovatelů . He was the nephew of the pianist Ludvík Kundera and the cousin of the writer Milan Kundera .

On October 28, 2007, the Czech national holiday, he was awarded the medal for services to the Czech state in the field of culture and art by President Václav Klaus .

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Works

  • On contemporary Czech poetry, in Plan , vol. 2, no. 3, 1947, p. 150
  • Elements in us. Poems 1946.
  • German portraits. Essays 1956.
  • Notes and addresses. Poems 1961.
  • The glass tears. Anthology of Czech Poetry. 1964 and 1966.
  • Hello the storm, the big storm is here. Expressionism anthology 1969.
  • And the poet? - Zwiebelzwerg Verlag (1979) Collaboration and essay in the volume by Frantisek Halas
  • The thirteenth month . Collection Hruden 1985 and 1993.
  • (as editor and translator) [Volume I:] The sundial. Czech poetry from 11 centuries. [Volume I:] Part 1 and 2: 10. – 19. Century. Part I: The tree wraps the leaf dress around it. 10th to 18th centuries. Part II: Don't quarrel that I'm shaking the building for you. 19th century (= Reclams Universal Library , vol. 1153). From the Czech [v. Ludvík Kundera ( interlinear translation )]. Re-seals v. Otto F. Babler , Heinz Czechowski , Elke Erb , Franz Fühmann , Louis Fürnberg , Barbara Grüning , Uwe Grüning , Uwe Kolbe , Kito Lorenc , Walther Petri , Richard Pietraß , Brigitte Struzyk . Translation of the introductions v. Karl-Heinz Jähn . Ed. V. Ludvík Kundera. Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. , Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-379-00045-0 (Vol. I / II), ISBN 3-379-00043-4 (Vol. I).
  • (as ed. and transl.) [Vol. II:] The sundial. Czech poetry from 11 centuries. [Vol. II:] Part 3: 1900-1950. III. Part: Linger, Live. 1900–1950 (= Reclam's Universal Library, vol. 1154). From the Czech [by Ludvík Kundera (interlinear translation)]. Copies by Otto F. Babler, Heinz Czechowski, Stefan Döring , Elke Erb, Roland Erb , Franz Fühmann, Louis Fürnberg, Barbara Grüning, Uwe Grüning, Peter Hacks , Uwe Kolbe, Ludvík Kundera, Walther Petri, Richard Pietraß, Odwin Quast, Vilém Reichmann, Jürgen Rennert . Translation of the introductions v. Karl-Heinz Jähn. Ed. V. Ludvík Kundera. Verlag Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-379-00044-2 (Vol. II).
  • Cases. Poems 1992.
  • Fall of things. Poems 1992.
  • Smell of salt. German poet of the 20th century. 1996.
  • Kings Criminals Magusse 1998.
  • as editor: The soul of Brno [compiled by Ludvík Kundera and Alena Mizerová, translated from the Czech by Eduard Schreiber, Bernd Magar et al], Masaryk University publishing house , Brno 1998, ISBN 80-210-4557-4 (also published in Czech ( Duše Brna) and English (The Spirit of Brno)).
  • Brecht 1999.
  • Berlin. Narrative. Series of saved texts. Weimar 2000.
  • as editor: Anthology of Poetism. Munich 2004 (with Eduard Schreiber)
  • Memories of cities / places where I've never been / Vzpomínky na města / místa, kde jsem nikdy nebyl [poems], illustrated by Christian Thanhäuser , translated from the Czech by Eduard Schreiber, Edition Thanhäuser , Ottensheim an der Donau 2004, ISBN 3- 900986-56-8 . (Text in German and Czech)
  • el do Ra Da (da). Poems, stories, memories, pictures . Wuppertal 2007.
  • Ludvík Kundera. (= Poetry album . 281). Märkischer Verlag, Wilhelmshorst 2008, ISBN 978-3-931329-81-5 .

Publications in German magazines and anthologies, a Czech edition is in preparation.

Web links

Commons : Ludvík Kundera  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ http://english.jamu.cz/jamu/general.html , accessed on January 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Article on the iDNES.cz press portal : Prezident ocenil hrdinství, hudbu i šíření Komenského
  3. ↑ See the official list of award winners [1]
personal data
SURNAME Kundera, Ludvík
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 2010
Place of death Boskovice