Jan Čermák | |
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 Jan Čermák in 2014 | |
| Born | 8 July 1962 |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Vice-dean of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University |
| Parent | Josef Čermák |
| Awards | Josef Jungmann Award, Order of the Lion of Finland |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English studies, Medieval studies |
| Institutions | Charles University |
Jan Čermák (born 8 July 1962) [1] is a Czech linguist, literary scholar, and translator. Since 2022, he has been the Vice-dean of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. [2]
Čermák's research is focused on the history of English, with particular interests in Old and Early Middle English morphology and morphonology, word-formation and literary language. He is a specialist in Old and Middle English literature, with particular interests in heroic poetry, romance and the Alliterative Revival. He also wrote a book on the Finnish Kalevala. [3]
His translations from Old English into Czech include Beowulf, The Exodus, The Dream of the Rood, The Rune Poem and a selection of the Anglo-Saxon laws. [4]
In 2003, he won the Josef Jungmann Award for his translation of Beowulf into Czech, and in 2017, he was awarded the Order of the Lion of Finland.
- ^ Article Jan Čermák In: Databáze českého uměleckého překladu
- ^ "Faculty management". Faculty of Arts, Charles University. 2012-11-30.
- ^ "Department of English Language and ELT Methodology".
- ^ "Department of English Language and ELT Methodology".
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- Living people
- 1962 births
- People from Prague
- Translators to Czech
- Translators from Finnish
- Czech translators
- Czech medievalists
- Linguists from the Czech Republic
- Knights First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- Translation award winners
- Academic staff of Charles University
- Charles University alumni