Zbyněk Hejda

Zbyněk Hejda (born February 2 1930, Hradec Králové) is a Czech poet, essayist and translator (mainly from English - Emily Dickinson; and German - Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn), generally recognised as one of the most important Czech writers after the Second World War [ [http://www.ipetrov.cz/ Z. Hejda at the Petrov Publishing House] ] . He studied philosophy and history at the Charles University. In 1968 he worked in a publishing house, and then worked in a second hand bookshop, until he signed the Charter 77 and was forced to work as a door-keeper. Since 1990 he taught philosophy at the Charles University. In 1996 he received, together with the poet Jiřina Hauková, the prestigious "Jaroslav Seifert Award" for the outstanding lifetime contribution to the Czech literature. Zbyněk Hejda lives in Prague.

Bibliography

* "Všechna slast", 1964
* "Blízkosti smrti", samizdat 1978, Munich 1985, Prague 1992
* "Lady Felthamová", samizdat 1979, Paris 1987, Prague 1992
* "Tři básně", samizdat 1987
* "Pobyt v sanatoriu", 1993
* "Nikoho tam nepotkám", 1994
* "Valse mélancolique", Brno 1995
* "Básně", 1996 (Collected Poems)
* "Překlady", 1998 (Collected Translations)
* "Cesta k Cerekvi", 2004
* "Sny", 2007

References and external links

* [http://www.czlit.cz/main.php?pageid=34&author_id=219 Zbyněk Hejda] cs icon
* [http://www.sweb.cz/antologie/ Z. Hejda's poetry] cs icon