Jana Černá
Jana Černá (14 August 1928 – 5 January 1981), born Jana Krejcarová, called "Honza", was a Czech poet, writer, and editor of samizdat editions in Czechoslovakia. She was a daughter of the journalist Milena Jesenská (1896-1944) and architect Jaromír Krejcar (1895-1950). After the communist coup d'état of 1948 she started publishing with her friends Egon Bondy, Ivo Vodseďálek and others in a secret underground edition Půlnoc.
Also recorded as Jana Cerna
Jana Černá
Anonymous Unknown author · In: Jana Černá: Hrdinství je povinné (back page), Praue, 1964 · Public domain
- Name
- Jana Černá
- Birth Name
- Jana Krejcarová
- Born
- 14 August 1928
- Birthplace
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 5 January 1981
- Occupation
- Writer, Poet
- Spouse
- * Pavel Gabriel
- Full name
- Jana Krejcarová.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Fields
- literature
- Languages
- Czech
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Jana Černá (14 August 1928 – 5 January 1981), born Jana Krejcarová, called "Honza", was a Czech poet, writer, and editor of samizdat editions in Czechoslovakia. She was a daughter of the journalist Milena Jesenská (1896-1944) and architect Jaromír Krejcar (1895-1950). After the communist coup d'état of 1948 she started publishing with her friends Egon Bondy, Ivo Vodseďálek and others in a secret underground edition Půlnoc.
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She was married 4 times and had 5 children. Černá died at the age of 52 in a car accident.
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Key facts
• Name — Jana Černá • Birth Name — Jana Krejcarová • Born — 14 August 1928 • Birthplace — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Died — 5 January 1981 • Place of death — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Other Names — Honza Krejcarová Sarah Silberstein • Occupation — Writer, Poet • Parents — Jaromír Krejcar (father) Milena Jesenská (mother) • Relatives — Jan Jesenský (grandfather) • Partner — Egon Bondy • Spouse — * Pavel Gabriel • Miloš Černý • Ladislav Lipanský • Daniel Landman
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• Hrdinství je povinné (1964) • Nebyly to moje děti... (1966) • Adresát Milena Jesenská (1969) • V zahrádce otce mého (1988) • Clarissa a jiné texty (1990)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Jana Černá was recorded at birth as Jana Krejcarová. The authorities additionally record the heading Jana Cerna. Her recorded language was Czech. She was the child of Jaromír Krejcar and Milena Jesenská. She married Gabriel Dagan, Ladislav Lipanský and Daniel Landman. Other recorded relations include Jan Jesenský and Růžena Jesenská.
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Life and career
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1928
Jana Černá born at Prague.
1981
Jana Černá died at Prague.
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- 1.Lucie Eple. Jana Cerna, l'exaltée amoureuse. Médiapart. 29 AOÛT 2014.
- 2.Alice Babin. À la recherche de Jana Černá. La Déferlante. mai 2014.
- 3.Vera Belmont tourne " l'Amante " A Prague. Kafka et Milena. Le Monde. 04 août 1989.
- 4.Milena Jesenska, le feu vivant (Prague 1896-Ravensbrück 1944). France Culture. 25 avril 2020.
- 5.Václav Richter. La vie tourmentée de la fille de Milena Jesenská. Radio Prague International. 06/08/2016.
- 6.Vie de Milena ; de Prague à Vienne (direction Anna Rizzello ; postface Jan R. Cerny).
- 7.Eric Aeschimann. Le sublime sexuel - PAS DANS LE CUL AUJOURD'HUI, par JANA CERNÁ. L'Obs. 30 octobre 2014.
- 8.Lucie Eple. Pas dans le cul aujourd'hui.(mais peut-être demain ?). Diacritik. 2 janvier 2016.
- 9.Vie de Milena, de Prague à Vienne Jana Černá, Barbora Faure (traductrice). La Contre-allée. 2014.
- 10.Anna Kubišta. La lettre érotique de Jana Černá à Egon Bondy, « métaphore du féminisme ». Radio Prague International. 08/08/2020.
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