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Ewald Osers

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Ewald Osers (13 May 1917 – 11 October 2011) was a Czech translator and poet born in Prague, Austria-Hungary.[1][2]

Career

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He translated several important Czech poetry works of the 20th century into English, including Jaroslav Seifert, Vítězslav Nezval, Miroslav Holub and Jan Skácel.[3] He also translated several German-language authors such as Thomas Bernhard, as well as Macedonian-language books (Mateja Matevski), poetry of the Silesian poet Ondra Lysohorsky, and two major Slovak poets, Miroslav Válek and Milan Rúfus.[4]

Selected bibliography

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Works

  • Arrive Where We Started (poems), 1995
  • Snows of Yesteryear (memoir), 2007

Translations

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Amanda Hopkinson (5 November 2011). "Ewald Osers: Poet, translator and stalwart of the World Service - Obituaries - News". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Ewald Osers obituary". the Guardian. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ Obituary of Ewald Osers
  4. ^ Passing of a translation era Archived 2011-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Ewald Osers