Jan Skácel

Jan Skácel (February 7, 1922 - November 7, 1989) was one of the best known Czech poets of the 20th century.

He often juxtaposed the fear stoked by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia and the highly free syntax of the Czech language. His poems are closely connected to the traditions and the nature of the region he lived in, Southern Moravia.

Skácel was the editor of "Host do domu", an important magazine on literature, between 1963 and 1969.

Works

Poetry:

*"Kolik příležitostí má růže" Prague, 1957
*"Co zbylo z anděla" Prague, 1960
*"Hodina mezi psem a vlkem" Prague, 1962
*"Smuténka" Prague, 1965
*"Vítr jménem Jaromír" Prague, 1966
*"Metličky" Prague, 1968
*"Tratidla" Brno, 1974
*"Dávné proso" Brno, 1981
*"Naděje s bukovými křídly" Prague, 1983
*"Odlévání do ztraceného vosku" Brno, 1984
*"Kdo pije potmě víno" Brno, 1988
*"A znovu láska" Brno, 1991

Prose:

*"Jedenáctý bílý kůň" Brno 1966
*"Třináctý černý kůň" Brno 1993

External links

* [http://centomag.org/centraleurope/skacel Cento Magazine] - several translated poems with a brief info on the author

References

Skácel, Jan: Květy z nahořklého dřeva. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2000