Petr Borkovec

Petr Borkovec (April 17, 1970, Louňovice pod Blaníkem) is a Czech poet, translator and journalist.

He studied Czech language and literature at the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University but did not finish his studies.

His poems have been translated into almost all European languages. His books have been published in Austria and in Italy. Borkovec translates mostly 20th-century Russian poetry.

Works

Poetry Prostírání do tichého, Pražská imaginace, 1990 Poustevna, věštírna, loutkárna, Mladá fronta, 1991 Ochoz, Mladá fronta, 1994 Ze tří knih = Aus drei Büchern, Buchwerkstatt Thanhäuser, 1995 (German translation) Mezi oknem, stolem a postelí, Český spisovatel, 1996 Polní práce, Mladá fronta, 1998 Feldarbeit: Gedichte, Edition Korrespondenzen, 2001 (German translation) A. B. A. F., Opus, 2002 Needle-book, Paseka, 2003 Nadelbuch: Gedichte, Edition Korrespondenzen, 2004 (German translation) Vnitrozemí, Fra, 2005 Amselfassade. Berlin-Notate, Friedenauer Presse, 2006 (German translation) Berlínský sešit / Zápisky ze Saint-Nazaire, Fra, 2008 From the Interior: Poems 1995-2005, Seren, 2008 (English translation) Jedna věta, Revolver Revue, 2011 Milostné básně, Fra, 2012 Liebesgedichte, Edition Korrespondenzen, 2014 (German translation)

Anthologies Krajiny milosti. Antologie české duchovní lyriky XX. století, 1994 Sborník k pětasedmdesátinám Ivana Slavíka, 1995.

Translations U řek babylónských, Torst, 1996 - anthology of Russian emigrant poetry Sophocles: Král Oidipús, premiered at HaDivadlo in 1998, in print by Větrné mlýny in 1999 — translated with Matyáš Havrda Jasná luna v prázdných horách, Paseka, 2001 — anthology of classical Korean poetry, with Vladimír Pucek Aischylos: Oresteia, premiered a published by the National Theatre June 18, 2002 — translated with Matyáš Havrda Vladimir Nabokov: Ut pictura poesis, Triáda, 2002) — translated with Jaroslav Kabíček Vladislav Khodasevich: Těžká lyra, Opus, 2004 — poems translated by Petr Borkovec, esseys translated by Miluše Zadražilová Yuri Odartschenko: Verše do alba, Fra, 2005 Yevgeny Rein: Bylo, byli, byla, byl…, Opus, 2005

His translations of poems by authors such as Zinaida Gippius, Georgy Ivanov, Joseph Brodsky were published in magazines.

Awards 1995 — Cena Jiřího Ortena (Jiří Orten Award) in 1994 for his book Ochoz 2001 — Hubert-Burda-Preis and Norbert-C.-Kaser-Preis for the German translation of his book Polní práce 2002 — Prémie Tomáše Hrácha for his translation of Oresteia (with Matyáš Havrda) 2004 — Cena Josefa Jungmanna (main creative award) for his translation of a part of Heavy Lyre by Vladislav Khodasevich