Jan Čep

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Jan Čep


Born
in Myslechovice, Czech Republic
December 31, 1902

Died
January 25, 1974


He was born in 1902 in the village of Myslechovice near Olomouc to a family of peasants. After completing his studies at the Gymnasium in Litovel, from 1922 to 1926 he studied Czech, English and French linguistics at Prague University. In 1926, he joined Josef Florian's Christian community in Stará Říše and worked in its publishing house as a translator. But after he was seduced by Florian's elder sister, he returned to Prague and worked as a translator for the publishing houses Melantrich and Symposion. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, he returned to his native village and led a solitary life out of politics and public life. He only corresponded with his best friend, the poet Jan Zahradníček (their correspondence was publishe ...more

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Hranice stínu

3.88 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1935 — 2 editions
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Zeměžluč

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Sestra úzkost: Výbor z povídek

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Povídky

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Letnice

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2.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1969
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Děravý plášť

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Sestra úzkost

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1944
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