Jaroslav Seifert

Jaroslav Seifert
Jaroslav Seifert in 1981
Born	(1901-09-23)23 September 1901 Žižkov, Prague, Austria-Hungary
Died	10 January 1986(1986-01-10) (aged 84) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation	Writer, poet, journalist
Nationality	Czech
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1984
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Jaroslav Seifert (Czech: [ˈjaroslaf ˈsajfr̩t] ^ⓘ; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man".^[1]