Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:46:25 +0200https://english.radio.cz/irony-sips-whiskey-savouring-poetry-sylva-fischerova-8569496© 2026 Radio Prague International It is not often that we are given a taste of contemporary Czech poetry in really good English translation. A remarkable exception is a new collection of poems by one of the best Czech poets to emerge in the last twenty-five years, Sylva Fischerová. She translated the poems herself, together with the American poet, academic and translator, Stuart Friebert, and the result, published under the title, “The Swing in the Middle of Chaos”, shows just how fruitful such collaborations can be. David Vaughan met Sylva Fischerová in her book-filled office at Prague’s Charles University, to talk about the collection. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/fischerova_sylva_2.jpg?timestamp=1591278699 https://english.radio.cz/irony-sips-whiskey-savouring-poetry-sylva-fischerova-8569496 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9