In 1936 the well known literary historian Arne Novák posited that in terms of literary importance Brno did not have much to offer. Moreover – he claimed that Brno had no lyric poets. All this apparently because “it lacks the more copious presence and amicable complicity of that most melodic of elements – water”. So, without a proper river, you can’t get decent lyric poetry. Arne Novák died in 1939. Had he been granted another two years, he would hardly have made such a statement. Not that Brno had landed a new and major river, but it did gain a poet. And not just any old poet, a paean unto itself. The poet was Ivan Blatný and the song of praise his Melancholické procházky (Melancholy walks) (1941). At the very least, from this date on we have to speak of Brno as a poetic city. There is nothing for it, after the publication of Melancholy walks no one may cast aspersions on Brno any more. Blatný showed just how much was slumbering in the setting of this “Moravian Manchester” or humble “Vienna suburb”. With his verse, he addressed the city, and more. He eulogized it.
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24. dubna byl slavnostně odhalen další panel - na Slovanském náměstí (na budově gymnázia) a s básní Víta Slívy.
Umístěny další překlady do angličtiny, vše básně Ivana Blatného (přeložil Václav Pinkava).
Další nový básník - Homér (Pavel Ambrož), velká figura brněnského undergroundu 80. let; básník, textař, hudebník, performer, který žil v letech 1964 až 2011.
Další nový básník - Tomáš Mazáč (1962-2017), letos předčasně zesnulý. R. I. P.
Máme tu další jméno - Norberta Holuba, zavedeného již básníka střední generace.
V pondělí 11. 12. 2017 byl v Mahenově památníků (pobočce Knihovny Jiřího Mahena v Brně) odhalen další panel - s básní Víta Slívy. Akce proběhla za přítomnosti básníka samého.
Zařazen další nový básník - Ivan Petlan.
30. 11. odhalen v královopolské pobočce Knihovny Jiřího Mahena další panel (s básní Bogdana Trojaka) - dokumentace akce.
Zařazeny básně Petra Čermáčka.
Dne 25. října 2017 byl slavnostně instalován další panel; místo: Žebětín (pobočka Knihovny Jiřího Mahena v Brně), autor básně: Vít Slíva.
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Poet, son of the writer Lev Blatný (1894-1930). Born in Brno, he spent the first part of his life here – before escaping into exile in 1948. He lived in a house...
Poet, translator and publicist, Brno born, spent his childhood and youth here. He learned the bookseller’s trade from A. Píša and for a brief period (1919–1921)...
Poet and publicist. Lived in Brno from 1937 until his death, latterly at Mášova street. He is linked to several cultural institutions (the Brno studios of Czechoslovak...
Poet, publicist, memoirist. The first – and so far the only Czech to receive the Nobel prize for Literature. In addition to the lasting popularity he won through...
Poet, writer, editor and translator. Spent most of his life in Brno and is closely linked to a number of Brno cultural institutions (the magazine Host do domu...
Poet and schoolteacher. His connection to Brno dates back to his university days. Apart from one interlude, he has been living to this day at Poděbradova street....
Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie (Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady ) Biskupský dvůr (Bishop Yard) Björnsonův sad (Björnson grove park) Brno
Jakubské náměstí (St. James' Square) Joštova (Joštova Street) Joštova 2 (Joštova Street 2) Juliánov Jundrov Jundrov, Na Piavě
Kohoutovice (Hotel Myslivna) Koliště (Koliště Street) Komárov Komín Komín, Hlavní (Main street, the Dvořáks’ ) Královo Pole, Palackého třída (Palacký Street) Kraví hora - hvězdárna (observatory) Kraví hora (Cow Hill) Křenová (Křenová Street) Křížová (Křížová Street)
Lesná Lesná - kaple sv. Antonína (Lesná - Saint Anthony Chapel) Libušino údolí (Libuse’s Valley) Lužánky (Lužánky Park)
1919 – 1990
Poet, son of the writer Lev Blatný (1894-1930). Born in Brno, he spent the first part of his life here – before escaping into exile in 1948. He lived in a house at Obilní trh (‘the Corn Market’), where he was frequently the host of other poets of his generation, who blithely called the house “Hotel Blatný”. For several years he worked at the family’s optics shop in Česká street. His debut came in 1940. He is closely tied to Brno through his works; one entire collection is devoted to the city (Melancholické procházky ‘Melancholy walks’, 1941). The verses of this collection have become legendary, being a paean for the city and much credited with its being discovered as a “poetic” city. In exile, after 1948 he spent time in several psychiatric hospitals, but almost the entire time wrote verse on loose sheets and scraps of paper. He was rediscovered in 1979 (Stará bydliště ‘Old domiciles’); in 1991 his mortal remains were transferred to the Central cemetery in Brno.
Oh joy of life, not for me, without meaning:behold, a gift horse, yellow teeth a-grinning!That is my Brno, even in dreams I’m blessed …I have bad days, in Brno never noted,albeit to learning, reading still devoted;to be a poet is much the finest quest. translated by Václav PinkavaBlatný, Ivan: Jde pražské dítě domů z bia… (A Prague child heads home from the movies…), ed. Martin Reiner, Brno: Druhé město 2017, p. 182.
I vented noises like the Lord of loveturn around wafting breeze,tell me some fairytales,my reading list piles high…We played a game of Brnoand I was defeated. translated by Václav PinkavaBlatný, Ivan: Jde pražské dítě domů z bia… (A Prague child heads home from the movies…), ed. Martin Reiner, Brno: Druhé město 2017, p. 50.
