Jan Těsnohlídek

Jan Těsnohlídek (* April 11, 1987, Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech poet and editor. He lived in Prague and Krucemburk; Now lives in Krakow.

After K. V. Raise grammar school in Hlinsko he had many jobs - worked in bookstores, coffee shops, construction sites as a bricklayer, electrician, in galleries, in a fast-food restaurant, in the notary and attorney's office, etc. After he moved to Prague he briefly studied library studies and information studies at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. Since 2008 he has been editor and deputy editor of the magazine for contemporary poetry Psí víno. In 2009 he founded with Petr Štengl publishing house called Petr Štengl, and in 2011 he established his own publishing house JT's. His poems have been translated into English, German, Italian, Finnish, Slovenian, Spain, Dutch and Polish, and printed in Czech and foreign journals and anthologies. Since 2011, he is an appointed judge of the literary competition for young poets called Competition Ortenova Kutná Hora. Since 2012 he lives in Krakow, Poland.

The author was awarded in a number of literary competitions for young writers (among other Ortenova Kutna Hora 2005-2008, Hořovice Václava Hraběte 2006, 2008). One of his poems was included in the book Best Czech Poems 2009 and 2013 (Host 2009, 2013). For his debut collection of poems Násilí bez předsudků (Violence without prejudices) acquired Jiří Orten Book Prize. In 2010 he received one-month-long scholarship in Jyväskylä, Finland. His second book of poems Rakovina (Cancer) was published 2011 by JT's, where was also published his first novel, ADA (2012) and 2013 third book of poems, Jeste je co ztratit (Still something left to lose).

• Violence without prejudice (Násilí bez předsudků), Psí víno Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-80-904162-5-3 - a collection of poems
• Violence without prejudice (Násilí bez předsudků), 2nd issue, Petr Štengl Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-80-904162-6-0 - a collection of poems
• Cancer(Rakovina), JT's Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-80-905022-1-5 - a collection of poems
• ADA, JT's Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-80-905022-7-7 - novel
• Still something left to lose(Ještě je co ztratit), JT's Publishing, 2013, ISBN 978-80-905022-8-4 - a collection of poems

References

External References

• Interview in Literarni noviny: http://www.literarky.cz/rozhovory/2617-koupit-bryle-a-poplatit-dluhy
• Profile on Portálu české literatury
• Author´s blog http://tesnohlidek.blogspot.com/
• More info http://jteees.blogspot.com/