Jan Zábrana a překládání za studené války

• Authors: Justin Quinn

Title variants

EN

JAN ZÁBRANA AND TRANSLATION DURING THE COLD WAR

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This essay examines the cultural dynamics that were established at the outset of the Cold War, especially from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, that dictated the translation and production of poetry on both sides of the Iron Curtain. In 1959 the Czech poet Jan Zábrana (1931–1984) translated and edited an anthology of radical American poets, and by exploring the contexts of his editorial decisions we uncover the above mentioned dynamics, also precipitating revaluations of American canon formation in this period. Zábrana’s difficulties and victories as a translator during the Cold War deeply influenced his own poetry, and I end with a consideration of two of his sonnets, by viewing them in a transnational context between anglophone and Russian poetry, arguing that their aesthetic achievement can only be fully appreciated by reference to the political context of the Cold War.

Keywords

CS

Jan Zábrana; studená válka; překlad; poezie

EN

Jan Zábrana; Cold War; translation; poetry

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 51
• Pages: 107-123

Contributors

author

Justin Quinn

• Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, Czech Republic