Miroslav Florian - Portrait of a Poet

The original LP album 1118 2795"Miroslav Florian - Portrait of a Poet" was released by Supraphon in 1981. The title was released digitally for the first time. Miroslav Florian (*10. 5 May 1931 - † 10 May 1996) was a representative of official poetry, belonging to the wave of everyday poetry. He was also a translator of selected poetic works. He was born in Kutná Hora. After graduating from the grammar school in Kutná Hora in 1950, he studied library science at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. After military service in Mikulov, which he completed in 1952-54, he lived in Prague. From 1955 to 58 he worked as an editor of Czechoslovak Radio. For almost twenty years he worked at the publishing house Československý spisovatel, where he worked until 1977. He held high cultural and political positions. From 1976 to 81 he was a member of the Czech National Council. Miroslav Florian was named Meritorious Artist in 1975 and National Artist in 1982. He was the recipient of the Klement Gottwald State Prize in 1973 and the National Prize of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1985. He was a long-time member of the committee of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers. After 1989, Miroslav Florian went into seclusion because he polemicised with the post-Soviet development.