Josef Václav Sládek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Václav Sládek

Czech poet, publicist and translator

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1845

Place of Birth: Zbiroh, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 28-Jun-1912

Profession: writer, poet, translator, journalist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Josef Václav Sládek (27 October 1845 in Zbiroh – 28 June 1912 in Zbiroh) was a Czech poet, journalist and translator, member of the literary group Lumírovci (cs:Lumírovci), pioneer of children's poetry in Czech lands.In 1865, he graduated at the Academic Gymnasium in Prague.
In 1867, he became suspected by the Austro-Hungarian police of supporting the Czech opposition movement against the monarchy.
In 1868 he moved to United States, where he spent two years working as a laborer.
He was interested in the fate of indigenous peoples and blacks.
He described his American experience in a collection of poems (titled Poems) and in one prose (American images).
His stay in the USA influenced him significantly.
Throughout the rest of his life he focused on translating Anglo-American literature.
He translated 33 plays by William Shakespeare and other works by Burns, Longfellow, Hart, Byron, Coleridge etc. Less known fact is that Sládek translated the Czech anthem Kde domov muj into English.



Alternative names	Jan Vilimek
Description	Austrian-Czechoslovak portrait painter
Date of birth/death	1 January 1860	15 April 1938
Location of birth/death	Žamberk	Vienna
Work location	Prague, Vienna
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