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Jan Vladislav

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Born: January 14 1923

Died: 0202 03 20092009

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Dr. Jan Vladislav, real name Ladislav Bambásek, was a Czech poet and translator. He translated in seven languages: English, French, Italian, German, Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian.

While in school, he helped in the local library and it was then that he found a liking for foreign-language books. The first one which he read in its entirety was Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. After the war he studied Comparative Literature at Charles University in Prague, where notably he was a student of Václav Černý. He also spent two semesters in Grenoble studying comparative history of literature.

In 1968 he participated in the creation of the Circle of Independent Writers and in 1969 finally finished his studies at Charles University. Because of Normalisation many writers were unable to publish in the traditional way. Instead he turned to samizdat, a form of self-publishing used to circumvent censorship.

After publishing several works in this way, he was ultimately forced into exile in France in 1981. In Paris he led a university seminar in unofficial culture in the countries behind the Iron Curtain as well as continuing to publish. In 2003 he was widowed and returned to Prague where he published his older original works and translations.

He is the holder of the Order of TG Masaryk , the French Order of Arts and Letters , the PEN Club Lifetime Achievement Award , the Czech State Prize for Translation and the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs' Gratias Agit Award .

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Jan Vladislav

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Vaclav Havel: Living in Truth: Twenty-Two Essays Published on the Occasion of the Award of the Erasmus Prize to Vaclav Havel

Enciclopedia della favola

Kam spěchají ty květy

The Fairy Tale Tree: Stories from all over the World

Slova na strunách

Essais Politiques

Druhý strom pohádek z celého světa

Englische Märchen

Král sedmi závojů (Italské pohádky)

Měsíce, květy: výbor z básní haiku

Třiatřicet stříbrných střech

Výpravy bez konce

Otevřený deník

Paní hostinská (Mirandolina)

Hrabě Monte Christo III

Persian Fables

Tři lásky

Tvář se ztracenými ústy

Ulice plná plášťů do deště

Sonety