Šmarda, Jan

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Jan Šmarda is a Czech microbiologist and cousin of Czech poet Ivan Blatný. He kept in touch with Blatný even after Blatný’s emigration to England in 1948. After Blatný’s death in 1990 he sold the poet’s papers to the Museum of Czech Literature. In 2013, he published the book Ivan Blatný v mých vzpomínkách (Ivan Blatný in My Memories) in which he described Ivan Blatný’s life and memories of him.

Location

Brno, Czech Republic
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Birth place

Brno, Czech Republic

Birth date

1930

Owner of

Ivan Blatný Collection at the Museum of Czech Literature

Author(s) of this page

Kůželová, Michaela

References

Šmarda, Jan. 2013. Ivan Blatný v mých vzpomínkách. Praha: Galén.

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