Zora Wolfová Explained

Zora Wolfová (20 February 1928 — 29 November 2012) was a Czech translator (from English) and publishing editor.[1] Her early translations are credited under her maiden surname, Bartošová.

A native of the Czech capital, Prague, Wolfová translated more than 60 books into Czech, including Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.[2] She died in Prague at the age of 84.

Translations from English into Czech

Books

Stories

Her translations of individual stories by Edith Pargeter, Henry Lawson, Alan Marshall, Vance Palmer, Doris Lessing, Wyatt Rainey Blassingame, Hal Porter, and the story "Dead Roses" from the book The Burnt Ones by Patrick White have been published in Czech literary magazine Světová literatura [''World Literature''].[3]

Literature

References

  1. Web site: Richard Olehla . Literární.cz | Říkalo se jí pravá viktoriánská dáma . Literarni.cz . 2012-12-08.
  2. Web site: Databases of the National Library of the Czech Republic . cs . 2011-12-19.
  3. Souvislosti . 2003 . 14 . 1–2 . 80 . Počátky časopisu Světová literatura a angloameričtí autoři . Semínová, Zuzana . 0862-6928 . 2011-12-19.
    List of authors in Světová literatura 1956–1971.

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