Josef Jungmann was a Czech poet and linguist, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival. Together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the modern Czech language. The literary award for the best translation into Czech is named after him.
Jiří KolářCzech pronunciation (help·info) was a Czech poet, writer, painter and translator. His work included both literary and visual art.
Ivan Blatný was a Czech poet and a member of Skupina 42.
Josef Hora was a Czechoslovak poet, literary critic and journalist.
Ota Filip was a Czech novelist and journalist. He wrote in both German and Czech.
Pavel Šrut was a Czech poet and writer.
Milan Ohnisko is a Czech poet and editor. After quitting two secondary schools before graduating either of them he worked in many manual professions. He also had his own publishing house and a bookshop. Currently he works as a freelance editor.
Petr Král was a Czech writer, initially influenced by surrealism.
Karel Sabina was a Czech writer and journalist.
Vratislav Brabenec is a Czech musician and author, and a member of The Plastic People of the Universe.
Petr Maděra is a Czech poet and novelist.
Zbyněk Hejda was a Czech poet, essayist and translator.
Petr Hruška is a Czech poet, screenwriter, literary critic and academic.
Leszek Engelking was a Polish poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, literary critic, essayist, Polish philologist, and literary academic, scholar, and lecturer.
Ludmila Vaňková was a Czech writer.
Ludvík Kundera was a Czech writer, translator, poet, playwright, editor and literary historian. He was a notable exponent of Czech avant-garde literature and a prolific translator of German authors. In 2007, he received the Medal of Merit for service to the Republic. In 2009, he was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Award, presented by the Charter 77 Foundation. Kundera was a cousin of Czech-French writer Milan Kundera and nephew of the pianist and musicologist also named Ludvík Kundera.
Petr Borkovec is a Czech poet, translator and journalist.
Oldřich Vyhlídal was a Czech poet, translator and editor. He published several books of poetry.
Petr Mikeš was a Czech poet, translator, and editor. In the 1970s and 1980s he took part in the samizdat edition Texty přátel. From 1993–1997 he was the influential editor-in-chief of the Moravian publishing house Votobia, and from 2000–2004 at the Periplum publishing house. He was a significant translator of Ezra Pound into Czech. He translated members of Pound's "circle", including Basil Bunting, T.E. Hulme, and James Joyce, and even wrote a screenplay for a biopic on the life of Ezra Pound, Solitary Volcano (unproduced).
Sylva Fischerová is a Czech poet, prose writer, editor, anthologist, and teacher and translator of Classical literature and philosophy. She is the official City Poet of Prague.
