Wilhelm Przeczek

Infobox Writer
name = Wilhelm Przeczek


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birthplace = Karviná, Czechoslovakia
deathdate = death date and age|2006|7|10|1936|4|7
deathplace = Třinec, Czech Republic
occupation = Poet, writer, translator
ethnicity = Polish
citizenship = Czechoslovak, Czech
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Wilhelm Przeczek (7 April, 1936 in Karwina - 10 July, 2006 in Třinec) was a Polish teacher, poet, writer, and activist from Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia. He is considered one of the most important Polish writers of his generation from Zaolzie.

Przeczek was born to a coal miner's family. He studied at a teachers' seminary in Orłowa and then at a college in Prague. He worked as a teacher in Polish schools in Zaolzie, e.g. in Jabłonków. Przeczek was later briefly a journalist for the "Głos Ludu" newspaper. He was also an activist within the PZKO (Polish Cultural and Educational Union) and member of many Polish literary organizations. Przeczek also translated Czech, Slovak and Sorbian poetry to Polish and Polish poetry into Czech.

During the Prague Spring of 1968, Przeczek supported the reformist wing of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. His stances led to ban of his works from 1969 to 1989 in Czechoslovakia. His books were therefore published mainly in Poland.__NOTOC__

Works

Poetry

* "Czarna calizna" (1978)
* "Wpisane w Beskid" (1980)
* "Śmierć pomysłu poetyckiego" (1981)
* "Szumne podszepty" (1982)
* "Księga Urodzaju" (1986)
* "Nauka wierności" (1986)
* "Tercet" (1986)
* "Przeczucie kształtu" (1989)
* "Notatnik liryczny" (1990)
* "Rękopisy nie płoną" (1990)
* "Promlčený počet štěstí" (1991)
* "Dym za paznokciami" (1992)
* "Na ubitej ziemi" (1994)
* "Mapa białych plam" (1995)
* "Małe nocne modlitwy" (1996)
* "Intimní bedeker" (1998)
* "Smak wyciszenia" (1999)
* "Stoletý kalendář" (2001)

Prose

* "Skrzyżowanie" (1969) (together with Władysław Sikora)
* "Břečťan a jiné strašidelné povídky" (1992)
* "Kazinkowe granie" (1994)
* "Bienále pivní pěny" (1996)

References

* cite book
last = Málková
first = Iva
coauthors = and Svatava Urbanová
title = Literární slovník severní Moravy a Slezska (1945-2000)
publisher = Votobia
date = 2001
location = Olomouc
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isbn = 80-7198-515-5
* Profile of Wilhelm Przeczek in "Zwrot" 7/2007: 42-43.
* cite book
last = Sikora
first = Władysław
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title = Pisarze Zaolzia
publisher = Wydawnictwo Olza przy Radzie Polaków
date = 1993
location = Czeski Cieszyn
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oclc = 233485106