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Jan Zahradníček (17 January 1905, Mastník, near Třebíč, Moravia − 10 October 1960, Vlčatín,[1] near Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech journalist, translator, and one of the most important Czech Catholic poets of the 20th century.[2] Because of his faith and his anti-totalitarian work, he was imprisoned as an enemy of the Communist Party after the Communist coup of 1948.

From 1919 to 1926 he studied at Classical Grammar School in Třebíč. He then studied literature and comparative literature at the Charles University in Prague. Among his teachers were the literary critic František Xaver Šalda and the writer Václav Tille. In 1936 he moved to Uhřínov to translate and write poetry. From 1940 until 1948 he was the editor of Akord Revue in Brno. In 1945, he became the editor of Brněnské tiskárny (a publishing house).

In June 1951 he was arrested by the Communist secret police (StB) and sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment. In 1960 he was granted amnesty due to his worsening health. He died in the same year. He had four children, two daughters died from mushroom poisoning in the time of his imprisonment.

Published works

• 1930 − Pokušení smrti
• 1933 − Jeřáby
• 1935 − Žíznivé léto
• 1937 − Pozdravení slunci
• 1940 − Korouhve
• 1947 − La Saletta
• 1948 − Znamení moci, an anti-Communist poetry collection censored by the Communist regime;[3] a translation of Dante Alighieri's Divina comedia which could not be published under Zahradníček's name.

Verse books from prison Čtyři léta and Dům strach were published in exile (Canada) during the 1970s.

References

На других языках

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[de] Jan Zahradníček

Jan Alois Zahradníček (* 17. Jänner 1905 in Mastník; † 7. Oktober 1960 bei Vlčatín) war ein tschechischer Dichter, Journalist und Übersetzer.

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- [en] Jan Zahradníček

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[fr] Jan Zahradníček

Jan Zahradníček est un poète tchécoslovaque né le 17 janvier 1905 et décédé le 10 octobre 1960. Après le coup d'Etat communiste de 1948, il est emprisonné à cause de ses opinions et de sa foi catholique. Arrêté en juin 1951, il est condamné à treize ans de prison. Libéré au bout de huit ans à cause de sa santé précaire, il meurt peu après son amnistie. Père de trois enfants, il perd ses deux filles pendant son incarcération. Ses écrits seront peu à peu réhabilités en 1966, puis de nouveau quasi interdits après le Printemps de Prague. Il faudra attendre 1989 pour que ses livres soient réellement diffusés et partiellement traduits à l'étranger[1].

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[ru] Заградничек, Ян

Ян Заградничек (чеш. Jan Zahradníček) — чешский поэт. Является наиболее значительным чешским поэтом в католическом направлении.[1]

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