Vilém Závada

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Vilém Závada (2 May 1905 – 30 November 1982) was a Czech poet, translator and journalist.

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Biography Závada was born in to the family of a metal worker, his father died during the First World War, an event which left a huge impression on his future works. His mother raised Vilém and his two brothers in impoverished circumstances. Závada graduated with his doctorate in philosophy from Charles University and started his literary career. Initially a representative of Poetism, he broke with the literary style in favor of a more gloomy and pessimistic romanticism. In 1927 Závada wrote his most famous work, Panychida, a work which was for the commoderation of the fallen of the First World War as well as a melancholic meditation on life itself. In the 30s Závada mostly worked as a magazine editor. After the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany, he became more reclusive and wrote Hradní věž, which was about his coming to terms with the fate of his country. After the German surrender Závada joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia however was not involved in party politics. After a period of simplistic acceptance of the optimism of post-war conditions, at the end of his life he returned to the poetry of existential depth and tragedy of life. In 1948 he…Citește mai mult