Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986)
Author of Tutte le bellezze del mondo
About the Author
Jaroslav Seifert was born in Prague, Czech Republic on September 23, 1901. His first book of poetry, City of Tears, was published in 1921. At that time, he became an editor of communist newspapers and magazines while also working at the communist publishing house and bookstore. From 1930, he served show more in various editorial posts within the social democratic press. During the German occupation, he was editor of the daily Národní Práce and after 1945, of the trade-union daily Práce. During the years 1945-1948, he edited the literary monthly Kytice. After he was forced to leave journalism in 1949, he turned his focus to literature. He wrote in an unaffected, down-to-earth style about the everyday concerns and emotions of common people. His early works reflected his interest in the Russian Revolution, dadaism, and surrealism. Later, he rejected Soviet communism and wrote poetry that protested the conquest of his homeland. His works include On the Waves of T.S.F., The Nightingale Sings Badly, Put Out the Lights, Robed in Light, and A Helmetful of Earth. In addition to writing about 30 volumes of poetry, he contributed to several journals and wrote children's literature. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984. He died from a heart ailment on January 10, 1986. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Image credit: Photo by Hana Hamplová(1981)
Works by Jaroslav Seifert
Halley's Comet 4 copies
Přilba hlíny 3 copies
Milostná píseň : vybrané básně 2 copies
Dílo VI 2 copies
Zhasněte světla 2 copies
Panjo 2 copies
Svatební cesta 2 copies
Šel malíř chudě do světa 2 copies
Sel malir chude do sveta 2 copies
Maminka : výbor básní 2 copies
Zpěvy o Praze 2 copies
Jaro sbohem 2 copies
Prsten Třeboňské madoně 2 copies
Josef Sudek: poetic images 1 copy
Dílo I 1 copy
Kamený most 1 copy
Píseň o Viktorce 1 copy
Ruka a plamen 1 copy
Básně 1 copy
Světlem oděná 1 copy
Dílo III 1 copy
Jabloň se strunami pavučin 1 copy
Mēra stabs/ Skūpstu grāmata 1 copy
Dílo II 1 copy
Deštník z Piccadily 1 copy
Ps̕e@02C7n domova 1 copy
Na vlnách TSF 1 copy
Šedl malíř chudě do světa 1 copy
Izabrane pesme 1 copy
Dílo VII 1 copy
Ještě jednou jaro 1 copy
Zápas s andělem 1 copy
Pět básní 1 copy
Město v slzách 1 copy
Deštník z Piccadilly 1 copy
Dílo. III, 1937-1952 1 copy
Píseň domova 1 copy
Dílo. IV, 1937-1953 1 copy
Dílo. I, 1921-1926 1 copy
Koulelo se, koulelo 1 copy
TSF 1 copy
Světlem oděná 1 copy
Vějíř Boženy Němcové 1 copy
Píseň o Viktorce 1 copy
Město v slzách 1 copy
Dílo V 1 copy
Morový sloup a jiné verše 1 copy
Šelmalíř chudě do světa 1 copy
Píseň domova : výbor z díla 1 copy
3 Knihy lyriky 1 copy
Odlévání zvonu 1 copy
Vere o Praze 1 copy
Чумав столб 1 copy
Associated Works
Editor's Choice II: Fiction, Poetry & Art from the U.S. Small Press, 1978-1983 (Contemporary Anthology Series) (1987) — Contributor — 6 copies
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- Canonical name
- Seifert, Jaroslav
- Birthdate
- 1901-09-23
- Date of death
- 1986-01-10
- Burial location
- Municipal Cemetery, Kralupy nad Vltavou
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Birthplace
- Prag, Böhmen, Österreich-Ungarn
- Place of death
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Places of residence
- Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (birth)
Prague, Czechoslovakia (death | now Czech Republic) - Occupations
- journalist
poet - Organizations
- Communist Party (until 1929)
- Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature, 1984)
- Disambiguation notice
- VIAF:12317734
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For me, the poetry ranged from ones that I didn't like or understand to ones that I liked very much. What tipped the scale from 3.5 to 4* was the selection of reminiscences at the end (entitled "All the Beauties of the World" & translated by George Gibian).
Decent prose-style "poetry" with some interesting little moments, but nothing to write home about. I actually found myself reading each one saying to myself "FIller, filler, filler... Come on, where's the good part?... Filler, filler... Ah, there it is. Next." Maybe a lot of his nuances got lost in translation? From a Nobel Prize winner, as advertised on the front of the slim book, I expected more.
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