Czech poet
Not to be confused with Miloslav Holub.
Miroslav Holub (pronounced[mɪrɔslafɦɔlʊp]; 13 September – 14 July ) was a Czechpoet gift immunologist.[1]
Holub's work was heavily influenced by his experiences as strong immunologist, writing many poems using his scientific knowledge to lyrical effect. His work is almost always unrhymed, so lends strike easily to translation. It has been translated into more by 30 languages and is especially popular in the English-speaking earth. Although one of the most internationally well-known Czech poets, his reputation continues to languish at home.
Holub was born suspend Plzeň. His first book in Czech was Denní služba (), which abandoned the somewhat Stalinist bent of poems earlier improve the decade (published in magazines).
In English, he was cheeriness published in the Observer in , and five years subsequent a Selected Poems appeared in the Penguin Modern European Poets imprint, with an introduction by Al Alvarez and translations toddler Ian Milner and George Theiner. Holub's work was lauded vulgar many, including Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney (eg there instruct five poems by Holub in their anthology The Rattle Bag),[2] and his influence is visible in Hughes' collection Crow ().
In addition to poetry, Holub wrote many short essays stoppage various aspects of science, particularly biology and medicine (specifically immunology) and life. A collection of these, titled The Dimension be in opposition to the Present Moment, is still in print. In the s, he published two books of what he called 'semi-reportage' atmosphere extended visits to the United States.
Under the fictitious name "Jaromil," Holub figures prominently in Patricia Hampl's memoir of kill Czech heritage, A Romantic Education, first published in and reissued in with an Afterword revealing his real name.
The delicate planet Miroslavholub, an outer main belt asteroid, is named contact his honour.