About Zbyněk Hejda
Lived 1930 – 2013 (aged 83). Zbyněk Hejda was a Czech linguist, poet, translator, historian and writer.
Zbyněk Hejda (2 February 1930, Hradec Králové – 16 November 2013, Prague ) was a Czech poet, essayist and translator (mainly from English - Emily Dickinson; and German - Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn).
Life He studied philosophy and history at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. From 1958 to 1968, he worked at the Prague Information Service, and later in 1968 he started working in a publishing house but left the very same year together with the whole editorial staff.
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Who was Zbyněk Hejda?
Czech poet and translator (1930–2013)
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Zbyněk Hejda was born on 2 February 1930 in Hradec Králové.
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Zbyněk Hejda died on 16 November 2013 in Prague.
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Zbyněk Hejda was a linguist, poet, translator, historian and writer.
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Zbyněk Hejda was Czech.
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