Ivan Wernisch
Czech poet · Czechia · On the map · Writers · Born 1942 · age 84
Ivan Wernisch is a Czech poet, editor and a collage artist. He studied Ceramics Secondary school in Carlsbad 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.
Ivan Wernisch is read about 3 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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About this person
During the 70s and 80s he prepared many radio shows about famous poets of the world, but his books could not be published officially.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.
The same award as Ivan
Vladimír KörnerBoth received Czech State Award for LiteratureDominik TatarkaBoth received Jaroslav Seifert Prize
Zdeněk RotreklBoth received Jaroslav Seifert Prize
Martin HilskýBoth received Czech State Award for Literature
Michal AjvazBoth received Czech State Award for Literature
Zbyněk HejdaBoth received Jaroslav Seifert Prize