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Farewell and a Handkerchief Featured in Sage Cigarettes Magazine

NewsFebruary 14, 2023238Views 0Likes 0Comments

We are please that Vitezslav Nezval's Farewell and a Handkerchief was reviewed in Sage Cigarettes Magazine. We thank Nicole Yurcaba for a wonderful review: Oh Those Streets, Cemeteries, and Aquariums!" A review of Vitezslav Nezval's "Farewell and a Handkerchief by Nicole Yurcaba In 1933, Czech poet, writer, and translator Vitezslav Nezval traveled to Vienna, Paris,…

Vasyl Makhno’s Paper Bridge Featured in Los Angeles Review of Books

UncategorizedFebruary 4, 2023207Views 0Likes 0Comments

We are pleased to congratulate Vasyl Makhno for a successful review in Los Angeles Review of Book written by Nicole Yurcaba. Click here to read the review

Translation of the Week: Vasyl Makhno “A Yacht Sails at Night”

Translation of the WeekOctober 12, 2022462Views 0Likes 0Comments

For this week's Translation of the Week we feature the poem "A Yacht Sails at Night" from our upcoming publication Paper Bridge, by Ukrainian poet Vasyl Makhno; translated by Olena Jennings. Vasyl Makhno is a Ukrainian poet, prose writer, essayist, and translator. He is the author of fourteen collections of poetry and most recently the…

Translation of the Week: Baiba Bičole – Two Poems

Translation of the WeekOctober 5, 2022514Views 0Likes 0Comments

For today's Translation of the Week, we would like to present two poems, "Ancestral Mother" and "I am the Skin of a Drum", from the bilingual collection To Taste the River by Latvian poet Baiba Bičole, translated by Bitite Vinklers. Baiba Bičole, born in Latvia in 1931, left as a refugee during World War II…

Karel Kryl Brother, Close the Gate, Will you?

NewsOctober 3, 2022766Views 0Likes 0Comments

Plamen Press and Sciences has teamed up with the Washington DC Chapter of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences and Baltimore-based Sun King Records, , and a group of international musicians (The Yehla Collective) to record an English version of the legendary song by legendary singer-songwriter and poet Karel Kryl: Bratřícku, zavírej vrátka or…

Sound of the Sundial among The Calvert Journal’s picks of best 7 contemporary Czech novels everyone should read.

NewsApril 24, 2022908Views 0Likes 0Comments

We are pleased to announce that one of our publications, The Sound of the Sundial by Hana Andronikova has been chosen as one of the seven best Czech novels everyone should read by The Calvert Journal. We thank Cory Oldweiler for a wonderful review. The article can be read here.

Translations of the Week – Jan Skacel: Wine Taken at its Word

Translation of the WeekApril 24, 2022683Views 0Likes 0Comments

Moravian writer and poet Jan Skácel was born in 1922 in Vnorovy, Czechoslovakia. He studied philosophy at Masaryk University. In 1948 he was the Cultural Editor for the daily Rovnost (Equality) and in 1954 he started work for the literary division of Radio Brno. In 1963 he became the Editor in Chief for the cultural…

Translation of the Week – Karel Kryl : Little Brother, Close the gate, will you?

Translation of the WeekApril 22, 2022659Views 0Likes 0Comments

Czech Singer-songwriter icon Karel Kryl was author of many protest songs in which he attacked the absurdity of the Communist regime after the 1968 occupation of Czechoslovakia. His first album was recorded at home and included songs such as The Angel and Morituri te Salutant. After being forced into exile his later albums were smuggled into his homeland, creating a nationwide underground following. His songs…

Translation of the Week – Rachelle by Vitezslav Nezval

Translation of the WeekApril 22, 2022537Views 0Likes 0Comments

Plamen Press launches its Translation of the Week (Literature from Central, Eastern or Southeastern Europe translated into English). Our first posting is Rachelle from Vítězslav Nezval’s collection of poems Farewell and a Handkerchief – Poems on the Road. This collection renders Nezval’s travels to Austria, France and Italy in 1933. Nezval returned that year to Czechoslovakia and…

Farewell and a Handkerchief Featured in Sage Cigarettes Magazine

Vasyl Makhno’s Paper Bridge Featured in Los Angeles Review of Books

Translation of the Week: Vasyl Makhno “A Yacht Sails at Night”

Translation of the Week: Baiba Bičole – Two Poems

Karel Kryl Brother, Close the Gate, Will you?

Sound of the Sundial among The Calvert Journal’s picks of best 7 contemporary Czech novels everyone should read.

Translations of the Week – Jan Skacel: Wine Taken at its Word

Translation of the Week – Karel Kryl : Little Brother, Close the gate, will you?

Translation of the Week – Rachelle by Vitezslav Nezval

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