 jan zahradnÃ­Äek (january 17, 1905, mastnÃ­k, near tÅebÃ­Ä, bohemia â october 10, 1960, vlÄatÃ­n,radovan zejda: byl bÃ¡snÃ­kem! Å½ivot a dÃ­lo jana zahradnÃ­Äka, sursum 2004, isbn 80-7323-077-1, str. 171 near Å½ÄÃ¡r nad sÃ¡zavou, czechoslovakia) was a czech poet of the early and mid-20th century. because of his writings and catholic orientation he was imprisoned as an enemy of communists after their coup in 1948. from 1919 to 1926 he studied at classical grammar school in tÅebÃ­Ä. he then studied literature and comparative literature at prague university (among his professors were frantiÅ¡ek xaver Å alda and vÃ¡clav tille). in 1936 he moved to uhÅÃ­nov to become a free poet and translator. from 1940 until 1948 he was editor of akord revue in brno. he then became editor of brnÄnskÃ© tiskarny (a publishing house) in 1945. in june 1951 he was arrested by communist secret state police (stb) and sentenced to 13 years imprisonment. in 1960 he was granted amnesty due to his tragic health situation and died the same year. he had four children, two daughters died from mushroom poisoning in the time of his imprisonment. ==published works== thumb|jan zahradnÃ­Äek's signature * 1930 â pokuÅ¡enÃ­ smrti, poems, published * 1933 â jeÅÃ¡by published * 1935 â Å½Ã­znivÃ© lÃ©to published * 1937 â pozdravenÃ­ slunci published * 1940 â korouhve published * 1947 â la saletta published * 1948 â book of poems znamenÃ­ moci â prohibited by communists; translation of dante alighieri's divina comedia can't be published under zahradnÃ­Äek's name. verse books from prison ÄtyÅi lÃ©ta and dÅ¯m strach were published in exile (canada) during the 1970s. ==references==  * radovan zejda, byl bÃ¡snÃ­kem! Å½ivot a dÃ­lo jana zahradnÃ­Äka (he was poet! life and works of jan zahradnÃ­Äek), 2004, isbn 80-7323-077-1. detailed biography of zahradnÃ­Äek.   
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