What is Pavel Šrut?
[[File:Pavel Šrut.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Pavel Šrut]] '''Pavel Šrut''' (3 April 1940 – 20 April 2018) was a [[Czechs|Czech]] [[poet]], translator and children's writer. He was born in [[Prague]]. He studied at [[Charles University]]. He was known for his written works ''[[Brožované básně]]'' and ''[[Šišatý švec a myšut]]''. Apart from his celebrated poetry and books for children, he was also a translator from English and Spanish. His translations include books of [[Dylan Thomas]], [[Robert Graves]], [[D. H. Lawrence]], [[Leonard Cohen]], [[John Updike]], [[Federico García Lorca]], and others. He was a frequent guest and worked at [[Western Michigan University]] in the summer.<ref>{{cite web|title=PSP Scholarships & Fellowships|url=http://www.praguesummer.com/content/view/4/18/|publisher=Western Michigan University|access-date=September 22, 2012|archive-date=March 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326014333/http://www.praguesummer.com/content/view/4/18/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Šrut died in [[Zdice]], Czech Republic of a [[heart attack]] on 20 April 2018 at the age of 78.<ref>[https://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/zemrel-pavel-srut-0mu-/literatura.aspx?c=A180421_005801_literatura_vha Zemřel básník Pavel Šrut, autor textu Koleje Yesterday či Lichožroutů] {{in lang|cs}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Srut, Pavel}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Czech poets]] [[Category:Czech educators]] [[Category:Children's writers]] [[Category:Czech novelists]] [[Category:Czech translators]] [[Category:Writers from Prague]]