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Jiří Levý
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Jiří Levý (1926–1967) was a Czech literary theoretician, literary historian and translation theoretician. Levý's work was crucial for the development of translation theory in Czechoslovakia and it has subsequently influenced scholars internationally.
Jiří Levý was born on 8 August 1926 in Košice (East Slovakia), and died on 17 January 1967 in Brno (South Moravia).
Levý studied English and Czech at Masaryk University in Brno (concluded in 1949).
From 1950 to 1963, he lectured at Palacký University of Olomouc.
From 1964 onwards, Levý worked at the Department of Czech Literature at Masaryk’s University in Brno.
His theses include:
The Development of Translation Theories and Methods in the Czech Literature (1957)
Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Translation (1958)
Problems of Comparative Versification (1963)
Levý also lectured on the theory of translation abroad (e.g. in Dubrovnik, Warsaw, Hamburg, Vienna, Stuttgart).
Levý organized two conferences on the theory of verse. He founded the Group for Exact Methods and Interdisciplinary Relations. He was a member of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers, worked for the Translation Department of the Union of Czech Writers, and he was a member of the International Federation of Translators.
Levý’s first published monograph, Czech Theories of Translation, includes his (PhD.) thesis The Development of Translation Theories and Methods in the Czech Literature as well as a series of significant theorizing essays by Czech translators. Thus, the monograph is concerned with translation norms from the 15th century until 1945.
Levý’s second monograph, The Art of Translation, is a fundamental opus on the translation of “artistic literature” (belles lettres). It deals with the genesis and composition of a literary translation. It puts emphasis on the translation of poetry. It was translated into German in 1969, Russian in 1974, and Serbo-Croatian in 1982 (see above).
Levý was also concerned with the theory of verse.
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