Vilém Závada

Czech poet and translator.

Born May 22nd, 1905 in Hrabová. [ref]

Died November 30th, 1982 at 77 years old in Prague. [ref]

Occupations
contributing editor, librarian, poet, translator, writer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel