Jana Černá

Jana Černá
Jana Černá in 1964
Born
Jana Krejcarová

(1928-08-14)14 August 1928
Died5 January 1981(1981-01-05) (aged 52)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Other namesHonza Krejcarová
Sarah Silberstein
Occupation(s)Writer, Poet
Spouses
  • Pavel Gabriel
  • Miloš Černý
  • Ladislav Lipanský
  • Daniel Landman
PartnerEgon Bondy
Parent(s)Jaromír Krejcar (father)
Milena Jesenská (mother)
RelativesJan Jesenský (grandfather)

Jana Černá (14 August 1928 – 5 January 1981), born Jana Krejcarová, called "Honza" was a Czech poet, writer, and editor of samizdat editions in Czechoslovakia. She was a daughter of the journalist Milena Jesenská (1896-1944) and architect Jaromír Krejcar (1895-1950). After the communist coup d'état of 1948 she started publishing with her friends Egon Bondy, Ivo Vodseďálek [cs] and others in a secret underground edition Půlnoc. She was married 4 times and had 5 children. Černá died at the age of 52 in a car accident.

Work

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  • Hrdinství je povinné (1964)
  • Nebyly to moje děti... (1966)
  • Adresát Milena Jesenská (1969)
  • V zahrádce otce mého (1988)
  • Clarissa a jiné texty (1990)


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