Jan Skácel

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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.


[edit] 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

[edit] External links

  • Cento Magazine - several translated poems with a brief info on the author


[edit] References

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

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