Petr Halmay
Petr Halmay , actually Petr Šiktanc (* 1958 in Prague ), is a Czech poet .
Life
Petr Halmay was born in 1958 as the son of the Czech poet Karel Šiktanc . Banned from publication, he was not allowed to publish his poems in Czechoslovakia . During the period of " normalization " in the 1970s, he worked as a gas station attendant, passenger or stage technician. After 1989 he first published in magazines (Revolver revue, Literární noviny, Souvislosti, Tvar). In 2007 he received the Jan Skácel Prize awarded by the Obec spisovatelů for his third volume of poetry, Koncová světla ( Bottom Lights ) .
Works
- Strašná záře (Terrible Glow), 1991
- Bytost (Das Wesen), 1994, ISBN 80-85239-25-6
- Hluk (noise), 1997, ISBN 80-85906-49-X
- Koncová světla (taillights), 2005, ISBN 80-903456-1-1
- Země nikoho (No Man's Land), 2008, ISBN 978-80-87048-11-5
Poems in German translation:
- Taillights . Czech and German. Translated by Christa Rothmeier. Vienna: Edition Korrespondenzen, 2009, ISBN 978-3-902113-61-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portál české literatury: Petr Halmay ( Memento of the original of September 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halmay, Petr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Šiktanc, Petr (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |