Franz Kafka Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2018) Winner
Ivan Wernisch
イヴァン・ヴェルニッシュ
Ivan Wernisch
Pen Names:
Václav Rozehnal（Used as a heteronym）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1942-06-18
- Nationality
- Czech
- Languages
- Czech, German, Dutch, Italian, Latin, French, Russian
- Residence History
- Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) → Prague
Career
- Occupations
- poet, editor, collage artist, translator, radio producer
- Active Years
- 1961-
- Affiliations
- Current Czech Poetry Library
- Influenced By
- Dadaism, Expressionism
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceramics Secondary School, Karlovy Vary | — | — | — | 〜1959年 | Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia) |
Ceramics Secondary School, Karlovy Vary
Period:
〜1959年
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia)
Left school in 1959 (did not complete)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Jaroslav Seifert Prize | — | — | Jaroslav Seifert Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| — | Premio Capri | — | — | Premio Capri organization | 受賞 |
| — | Franz Kafka Prize | — | — | Franz Kafka Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| — | Medal of Merit | — | — | Government of the Czech Republic | 受賞 |
Jaroslav Seifert Prize
Organization:
Jaroslav Seifert Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Premio Capri
Organization:
Premio Capri organization
Result:
受賞
Franz Kafka Prize
Organization:
Franz Kafka Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Medal of Merit
Organization:
Government of the Czech Republic
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kam letí nebe
1961 PoetryDebut poetry collection with playful, early works.
playfulnessearly imagery
Těšení
1963 PoetryAn early poetry collection that foreshadows his later dreamy and absurd style.
dreamsabsurdity
Loutky
1970 PoetryA collection featuring puppets as motifs; characterized by strong imagistic short poems.
puppetsimagistic fragments
Včerejší den (Selected 1965–1989)
1989 Poetry (selected)A representative selected volume collecting works from 1965 to 1989.
timemelancholy
Hlava na stole / La tête sur la table
2013 Poetry (bilingual)A bilingual Czech–French edition collecting richly imagistic mid-to-late career poems.
interlingual resonanceimagery
Translations
- Hlava na stole / La tête sur la table
In the Puppet Gardens: Selected Poems, 1963-2005
2007 Poetry (English selection / translation)An English-language selected volume of representative poems, published in the USA.
reception through translationimagery and absurdity
Translations
- In the Puppet Gardens: Selected Poems, 1963-2005
Bibliography
- Kam letí nebe (1961)
- Těšení (1963)
- Zimohrádek (1965)
- Dutý břeh (1967)
- Loutky (1970)
- Včerejší den (Selected 1965–1989) (1989)
- Hlava na stole / La tête sur la table (2013)
- S brokovnicí pod kabátem (2014)
Translations of Works
- Au jour d'hier (French translation, 1990)
- Es beginnt der gestrige Tag (German translation, 1990)
- In the Puppet Gardens: Selected Poems, 1963-2005 (English translation, 2007)
- Der alte Rabe (German translation, 2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Early playful style evolving into dreamy, absurd poetryFrequent use of neologisms and rich imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- neologismsabsurd landscapesmis-quotations and reworkings of other writersmelancholy and nostalgia
Legacy
One of the leading contemporary Czech poets. Praised for vivid imagery and inventive language; through translations and editorial work he has helped revive interest in overlooked Czech poets.
Archives
- Holdings at the National Library of the Czech Republic
Trivia
- His son Ewald Murrer is also a poet.
- Produced radio shows in the 1970s and 1980s, sometimes broadcasting poems he wrote himself.
- Has used the heteronym Václav Rozehnal.
- Lives in Prague.
- Recipient of awards such as the Jaroslav Seifert Prize and the Franz Kafka Prize (years unspecified).