Věra Linhartová
Věra Linhartová | |
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| Born | 22 March, 1938 Brno |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Alma mater | Charles University in Prague |
| Notable awards | Neustadt International Prize for Literature |
Věra Linhartová (born 22 March, 1938) is a Czech writer and an art historian.[1]
She was born in Brno and studied art history at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague. She worked in the art gallery at Hluboká Castle. From 1962 to 1965, she was involved with the surrealist group in Prague and also contributed to the young writers' journal Tvář. In 1968, Linhartová moved to Paris. Since 1969, she has been writing in French.
In 1972, she was the first female juror of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature,[2] known then as Books Abroad. She nominated French author Nathalie Sarraute, but the Prize was awarded to Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that year.[3]
She studied Japanese in Paris and from 1989 to 1990, she lived in Tokyo on a research grant.[4]
She edited and translated Dada et Surréalisme au Japon (1987).[4]
Linhartová received the Jaroslav Seifert Prize in 1998.[5] In 2010, she received the F. X. Šalda Award[6] and the Tom Stoppard prize for her collection of essays Soustředné kruhy (Collected Circles).[5]
- Meziprůzkum nejblíž uplynulého (Intersurvey of the nearest past), short stories (1964)
- Prostor k rozlišení (Space for differentiation), short stories (1964)
- Rozprava o zdviži (Discourse about a lift), prose (1965)
- Přestořeč (Despite speech), short stories (1966)
- Chiméra neboli Průřez cibulí, prose (1967)
- Dada et Surréalisme au Japon (Modern Art in Japan) (1987).[4]
- Ianus tří tváří (Three-faced Janus), poetry (1993)[7]
- Mes oubliettes (My dungeons) (1998)[8]
- Soustředné kruhy, essays (2011)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Věra Linhartová". Czech literature portal.
- ^ "Neustadt Jurors (1970 – present)". Neustadt Prizes. 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ "1972 – Gabriel García Márquez". Neustadt Prizes. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ a b c d Holy, Jiri (2010). Writers Under Siege: Czech Literature Since 1945. p. 256. ISBN 978-1845194406.
- ^ a b "Cenu Toma Stopparda získala Linhartová za knihu, která vznikala 40 let". Hospodářské Noviny (in Czech). May 26, 2011.
- ^ "Věra Linhartová receives the 2010 F. X. Šalda prize". Czech literature portal.
- ^ a b "Bibliography - Věra Linhartová". Czech literature portal.
- ^ Cornis-Pope, Marcel; Neubauer, John (2010). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Vol. 4. p. 663. ISBN 978-9027287861.
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