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Josef Rauvolf
Josef Rauvolf (2012)
Josef Rauvolf (2012)
Born (1953-01-02) January 2, 1953 (age 71)
Cheb

Josef Rauvolf (born 2 January 1953) is a Czech translator, journalist and writer from Cheb. He has translated many Beat Generation novels into Czech, such as Junkie, Naked Lunch and Queer by William S. Burroughs and Visions of Cody, The Dharma Bums and Good Blonde & Others by Jack Kerouac. He also translated Uptight about The Velvet Underground. He was awarded the Josef Jungmann Award for his translation of Visions of Cody.[1] In addition to his translation work, he also wrote a book about Czech singer-songwriter Jaromír Nohavica.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Peňás, Jiří (11 October 2012). "Josef Rauvolf: Překládání mi zachránilo život" (in Czech). Lidové noviny. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ Vlasák, Vladimír (18 December 2007). "Hledání pravé Nohavicovy tváře dostalo základy" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. Retrieved 11 July 2018.