Jaroslav Seifert
September 23, 1901 –January 10, 1986
Translator, Poet, Essayist, Writer, Opinion journalist, Editing staff
Lived 84 years
- Born in
- Žižkov
- Passed away in
- Prague
Jaroslav Seifert (Czech: [ˈjaroslaf ˈsajfr̩t] ; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man".
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class, Národní umělec, Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka, Klement Gottwald State Prize
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