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J.H. Krchovský , Na samém konci - Helemaal aan het eind... | ||
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Helemaal aan het eind... Helemaal aan het eind |
At the far end... At the far end of a pitch dark corridor in a tunnel under the town where I'd never been before past a long row of smashed-in lamps and slung between draughty gusts and fevered shiverings (groping my way and blinded) I struck against a wall of concrete and shards - against a deep and petrified impression of my face... at the other end I heard the booming warl of a distant lament and concluded I was not here but standing behind a wall that I was no plaster-cast but a form that I was not standing inside but outside - I was a bricked-in petrified footstep a deep impression of myself. |
| (Vert. Kees Mercks) | (Vert. James Brockway) | |
J.
H. KRCHOVSKÝ
The poet J. H. Krchovský (real name, Jiří
Hásek), was born on April 22, 1960 in Prague. He lives in Prague and Brno.
He has been writing poetry since the late 70's and was one of the most
outstanding
artists of the Czech underground of the 80's. He is one of the most
individual of writers on the contemporary literary scene. in 1998, his
collection of works "Poems" was published by the Brno publishing house Host.
His grotesque, rhymed poetry returns to the tradition of Czech decadence,
with its symbols such as death, pain and frustration wrapped in a choking
cloud of alcohol and eroticism. J. H. Krchovský has published a number of
volumes: Noci, po nichž nepřichází ráno (1978-1991; Host 1991), Leda s
labutí (1992-1996; Host 1997), Dodatky... (1978-1996; Host 1997), Básně (collection
of previously published works; Host 1998), Vše nejlepší... (the best
of..1978-1997; Maťa 1998), Poslední list (1998-2003; Petrov 2003), Nad
jedním světem (2003-2004; Host 2004), Mladost radost (his early works,
1978-1981;Větrné mlýny 2005). |
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