Ivan Wernisch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ivan Wernisch

Czech publicist

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1942

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Profession: writer, poet, translator, journalist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Ivan Wernisch

  • Ivan Wernisch (born 18 June 1942) is a Czech poet, editor and a collage artist.
  • He studied Ceramics Secondary school in Carlsbad (he left in 1959) and has since done many jobs, mostly manual.
  • In 1961, after publishing his debut poetry book, he quickly established himself as one of the best and most loved writers of his generation.
  • During the 70s and 80s he prepared many radio shows about famous poets of the world (in which he often – true to his interest in mystifications – wrote many of the poems himself), but his books could not be published officially.
  • After the Velvet revolution he worked in a newspaper.
  • Now he works as an editor in the Current Czech Poetry Library.
  • He is also a renowned translator from German, Dutch, Italian, Latin, French and Russian.
  • His work as an editor is focused mainly on forgotten Czech poets of the last three centuries.
  • Another Czech poet, Ewald Murrer, is his son.
  • Ivan Wernisch lives in Prague.

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