Jiřina Hauková
Jiřina Hauková (January 27, 1919, Přerov – December 15, 2005) was a Czech poet and translator. She was a member of the Group 42 (Skupina 42), together with her husband Jindřich Chalupecký.
Also recorded as Jirina Haukova
Jiřina Hauková
- Born
- 1919 · Přerov.
- Died
- 2005 · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Occupation
- writer · linguist · poet · translator
- Fields
- poetry
- Honours
- Czech Medal of Merit and 1st class · Jaroslav Seifert Prize
- Languages
- Czech
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Jiřina Hauková (January 27, 1919, Přerov – December 15, 2005) was a Czech poet and translator. She was a member of the Group 42 (Skupina 42), together with her husband Jindřich Chalupecký.
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The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is poetry. Work by Jiřina Hauková is recorded in the collections of Samizdat Collection of Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, Czech Exile Collection at Libri Prohibiti, Czech Samizdat Collection at Libri Prohibiti, Václav Havel Library and Exile Collection of Czechoslovak Documentation Centre. Distinctions recorded are Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class and Jaroslav Seifert Prize.
Having graduated from a grammar school in 1939, she started to study philosophy in Brno, where she stayed until the Nazi occupants closed all universities. After that she worked as an editor in Obzor (The Horizon) in Přerov. She finished her studies in 1949 at the Charles University in Prague. Until 1950, when she started career as a professional writer, she worked for the Ministry of Information. After 1968 she was banned to publish and some of her works were published abroad. Apart from her own books of poetry, she was a celebrated translator from English. She translated The Waste Land (together with her husband) in 1947, and also books by Edgar Allan Poe, John Keats, Emily Dickinson and Dylan Thomas. She was Thomas’ interpreter and guide when he visited Prague in March 1949 to attend a writers’ conference. She has given an account of Thomas’ visit in her memoirs, Záblesky života, which has been partly reproduced in an English translation. In 1996 she received, together with the poet Zbyněk Hejda, the prestigious Jaroslav Seifert Award for the outstanding lifetime contribution to the Czech literature.
Poetry
Poetry
• Přísluní, 1943 • Cizí pokoj, 1946 • Oheň ve sněhu, 1958 • Rozvodí času, 1970 • Spodní proudy, abroad 1988, in the Czech Republic 1992 • Motýl a smrt, 1990 • Světlo září, 1995 • Mozaika z vedřin, 1997 • Básně, 2000 (Collected Poems) • Večerní prška, 2002
Memoirs
Memoirs
• Záblesky života, 1996
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Jirina Haukova. Her recorded language was Czech. She married Jindřich Chalupecký.
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Jiřina Hauková is recorded as having received Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class and Jaroslav Seifert Prize.
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1919
Jiřina Hauková born at Přerov.
2005
Jiřina Hauková died at Prague.
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