W. Shakespeare is famous mainly for his plays - but he was also an excellent poet. Poems and sonnets were at the beginning of his career - they attracted attention to him when he came to London at the end of 16th century.
Join us for another great session with professor Martin Hilský and learn more about William Shakespeare, his work and his era.
Martin Hilský is a professor of English literature at Charles University in Prague and a translator. He is one of the most prominent translators of Shakespeare´s plays and poems into Czech.
He is a recipient of a number of prestigious awards (Jungmann Prize, Tom Stoppard Prize, an MBE (An Honorary Member of the British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II., State Award for Translation, the President´s Medal of Merit (both 2012), Česká hlava (2015).