Bohumil Mathesius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bohumil Mathesius

Czech poet, literature historian and translator

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1888

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 02-Jun-1952

Profession: writer, poet, translator, journalist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Bohumil Mathesius (July 14, 1888 – June 2, 1952) was a Czech poet, translator, publicist and literary scientist – expert on Russian literature.
He was a professor at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague.
His cousin was Vilém Mathesius. Bohumil Mathesius enriched the tradition of herald poetry by paraphrases of Chinese poetry: Zpevy staré Cíny (Songs of old China), Nové zpevy staré Cíny (New songs of old China), and Tretí zpevy staré Cíny (A third book of songs of old China).
His very particular translating made available to the Czech literature works of Russian authors (Aleksandr Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Sergei Yesenin, Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov).
He also translated from German, French and Norwegian literatures, notable among the last being Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt.