Viola Fischerová
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Viola Fischerová was a Czech poet
, and translator.
She studied Slavic studies at universities in Brno and Prague.
She was a friend of Vaclav Havel
.
She worked for 60 years as the literary editor of the Czechoslovak Radio. In 1968, she went into exile with her future husband Karel Michal
to Switzerland, where she studied German and history at University of Basel
and worked as a teacher. After the death of her husband in 1984, she went to Germany and worked with Radio Free Europe
.
She remarried to Joseph Jedlicka and lived in Prague.
Her first collection of subsidence could not come out in 1957, thus officially debut in 1993, a collection of poems Requiem for Paul Buksu.
She won the 2006 Desdner Lyric Prize Nyní, the 2006 Magnesia Literary Prize, for Co vyprávěla dlouhá chvíle, and the 2010 Magnesia Literary Prize, for Domek na vinici.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and translator.
Life
She was daughter of Joseph Louis Fischer; her half sister is Sylviá Fischerová.She studied Slavic studies at universities in Brno and Prague.
She was a friend of Vaclav Havel
Václav Havel
Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
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She worked for 60 years as the literary editor of the Czechoslovak Radio. In 1968, she went into exile with her future husband Karel Michal
Karel Michal
Karel Michal was a Czech writer.After gymnasium he was not allowed by the regime to study at the university. He worked in several professions and later used this experience in his writings...
to Switzerland, where she studied German and history at University of Basel
University of Basel
The University of Basel is located in Basel, Switzerland, and is considered to be one of leading universities in the country...
and worked as a teacher. After the death of her husband in 1984, she went to Germany and worked with Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a broadcaster funded by the U.S. Congress that provides news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East "where the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed"...
.
She remarried to Joseph Jedlicka and lived in Prague.
Her first collection of subsidence could not come out in 1957, thus officially debut in 1993, a collection of poems Requiem for Paul Buksu.
She won the 2006 Desdner Lyric Prize Nyní, the 2006 Magnesia Literary Prize, for Co vyprávěla dlouhá chvíle, and the 2010 Magnesia Literary Prize, for Domek na vinici.
Works
- Zádušní básně za Pavla Buksu (Requiem for Pavel Buksa), Petrov, 1993
- Babí hodina (Old Women’s Hour), Nakladatelství Franze Kafky, 1995
- Jak pápěří (Like a Feather), Artforum - Jazzová sekce, 1995, ISBN 9788085271188
- Odrostlá blízkost (Grown Proximity), Petrov, 1996, ISBN 9788085247787
- Divoká dráha domovů (Wild Track of Homes), Torst, 1998, ISBN 9788072150687
- Matečná samota (Mother Solitude), Petrov, 2002, ISBN 9788072271245
- Nyní: Praha-Elba-Praha 2002-2003 (Now), Petrov, 2004, ISBN 9788072271856
- Co vyprávěla dlouhá chvíle (What the Boredom Told), Meander, 2005, ISBN 9788086283371
- Předkonec (Preliminary Ending), Agite/Fra, 2007, ISBN 9788086603469
- Písečné dítě (Sand Child), Agite/Fra, 2007, ISBN 9788086603599
- Domek na vinici (A Little House at the Vineyard), Agite/Fra, 2009, ISBN 9788086603889