Antonín Přidal (13 October 1935,

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– 7 February 2017, Brno,

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) was a Czech translator from English, Spanish and French, and writer, journalist and university lecturer.

Life

He attended grammar school in

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. After graduation, he studied, from 1953 to 1958, English and Hispanic Studies at

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) ( cs, Masarykova univerzita; la, Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the se ...

in Brno. In 1982, he received his doctorate. He collaborated with

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in Brno from 1960 to 1970. There, he was the author of cycles and a small school of poetry, Shakespeare for beginners and ramblings about books and music, and the co-author of the show See you on Saturday. From the late 1960s are particularly important his radio play All my votes and the Fates. He briefly worked as a script editor at

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from 1990 to 1991. Subsequently, he worked at the Theatre Faculty of

Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts ( cs, Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně; abbreviation in Czech: JAMU) is a public university with an artistic focus in Brno, Czech Republic. It was established in 1947 and consi ...

(since 1991 as an associate professor and since 1993 as a professor) in the studio of radio and television drama and screenwriting. In 1998, he received the Prize of

Ferdinand Peroutka Ferdinand Peroutka (6 February 1895 – 20 April 1978) was a Czech journalist and writer. A prominent political thinker and journalist during the First Czechoslovak Republic, Peroutka was persecuted by the Nazi regime for his democratic convict ...

. In 2007, he was awarded the State Prize for translation work. He died on 7 February 2017, as announced by the Theatre faculty of the

Works

Přidal is a noted author of Czech radio play. His most notable works include ''Všechny moje hlasy'' (1967) and ''Sudičky'' (1968). Brno-based publisher Větrné issued, in 2006, a selection of his four radio and theatre plays: ''Políček č. 111'', ''Atentát v přízemí'', ''Noční žokej'', ''Elektrický nůž'', and ''Noc potom''. In the early nineties, he was also the author and presenter of the TV series ''Klub Netopýr'' and ''Z očí do očí''. He also wrote essays and philosophical works. In 2008, Second City Committee published of his texts - mostly anonymous - ''Kouzlo nechtěného''. The committee also came out with texts from his radio series ''Potulky knihami a časem'' (Barrister and Principal, 2011). In 2015, he published a collection of poems, ''Zpovědi a odposlechy''. His translations provided Czech readers with English and Spanish writings of poetry and drama. He translated a number of major prose works of modern English and American literature. The translated books were usually enriched with comprehensive commentary. He is known especially his translation of

Leo Rosten Leo Calvin Rosten (Yiddish: ; April 11, 1908 – February 19, 1997) was an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography. Early life Rosten was born into a Yiddish-speaking family in Łód ...

's ''O K*A*P*L*A*N! My K*A*P*L*A*N!''.

References

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List of works
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