Bohumil Mathesius

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Bohumil Mathesius (July 14, 1888 – June 2, 1952) was a Czech poet, translator, publicist and literary scientist – expert on Russian literature. He was a professor on the Faculty of Philosophy at the Charles University in Prague. His cousin is Vilém Mathesius.

Bohumil Mathesius enriched the tradition of herald poetry by paraphrases of Chinese poetry: Zpěvy staré Číny (Songs of old China), Nové zpěvy staré Číny (New songs of old China), and Třetí zpěvy staré Číny (A third book of songs of old China). His very particular translating made available to the Czech literature works of Russian authors (Aleksandr Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Sergei Yesenin, Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov). He also translated from German, French and Norwegian literatures, notable among the last being Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 13299391 LCCN: n87857024 ISNI: 0000 0000 5540 6471 SUDOC: 112905501 BNF: cb11155706q NKC: jk01080718

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Date of birth	July 14, 1888
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Date of death	June 2, 1952
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