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The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert

The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert( )
Author: Seifert, Jaroslav
Translator: Osers, Ewald
Gibian, George
Editor: Gibian, George
ISBN:978-0-945774-39-6
Publication Date:May 1998
Publisher:Catbird Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

This is the best translated and largest edition of poetry by the Czechs' only Nobel Prize-winning poet, Jaroslav Seifert (he won the prize in 1984 and died in 1986). The poetry is surprising in its simplicity, sensual, thoughtful, moving, comic in turns. Author Milan Kundera has called this collection "the tangible expression of the nation's genius."

Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.76 Inches
Book Weight:0.77 Pounds
Author Biography
Seifert, Jaroslav (Author)
Jaroslav Seifert was born in Prague, Czech Republic on September 23, 1901. His first book of poetry, City of Tears, was published in 1921. At that time, he became an editor of communist newspapers and magazines while also working at the communist publishing house and bookstore. From 1930, he served in various editorial posts within the social democratic press. During the German occupation, he was editor of the daily Národní Práce and after 1945, of the trade-union daily Práce. During the years 1945-1948, he edited the literary monthly Kytice.

After he was forced to leave journalism in 1949, he turned his focus to literature. He wrote in an unaffected, down-to-earth style about the everyday concerns and emotions of common people. His early works reflected his interest in the Russian Revolution, dadaism, and surrealism. Later, he rejected Soviet communism and wrote poetry that protested the conquest of his homeland. His works include On the Waves of T.S.F., The Nightingale Sings Badly, Put Out the Lights, Robed in Light, and A Helmetful of Earth. In addition to writing about 30 volumes of poetry, he contributed to several journals and wrote children's literature. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984. He died from a heart ailment on January 10, 1986.

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