Paul Selver Paul Selver was an English writer and translator. A prolific translator of Czech literature into English, he was best known as the translator of Karel Čapek .Life Paul Selver was born to a Jewish family , the son of Wolfe and Catherine Selver. He gained a B.A. in English and German from the University of London . After serving in the army during World War I he became a translator, novelist, and contributor to Alfred Richard Orage's magazine The New Age . Selver spoke and translated from several Germanic and Slavonic languages . In World War II he was a linguistic assistant to the exiled Czech government, but was dismissed when the Communists took over. In 1968 he was awarded a Civil List pension for his services to literature. He died 6 April 1970, his wife having died six months earlier.Works Translations An anthology of modern Bohemian poetry . London: Henry J. Drane, 1912 Modern Russian poetry: texts and translations , London & New York: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & co., 1917. 'The Woman' and 'The Invincible Ship' in People of the Universe: four Serbo-Croatian plays by Josip Kosor . London: Hendersons, 1917. Anthology of modern Slavonic literature in prose and verse , London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1919. Modern Czech poetry: selected texts with translations and an introduction . London & New York: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1920. The Czechoslovak Republic : its economical, industrial and cultural resources , Prague: L'effort de la Tchécoslovaquie, 1920. Poems by Sigbjørn Obstfelder . Translated from the Norwegian . Oxford, 1920. Poems by Jens Peter Jacobsen . Oxford, 1920. The jail experiences in 1916 by Josef Svatopluk Machar . Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1921. And so ad infinitum : an entomological review, in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue by Karel Čapek and Josef Čapek . Freely adapted for the English stage by Nigel Playfair and Clifford Bax . London: Humphrey Milford , 1923. R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots: a play in three acts and an epilogue by Karel Čapek. Adapted for the London stage by Nigel Playfair. London: Oxford University Press , 1923. Letters from England by Karel Čapek. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1925. The land of many names: a play in three acts and a transformation by Josef Čapek. London: G. Allen & Unwin ltd., 1926. The Macropulos secret: a comedy by Karel Čapek My war memoirs by Edvard Beneš . London: Allen and Unwin , 1928. Music of the heart: selected poems by Emanuel Lešehrad . Prague: K. Zink, 1929. An anthology of Czechoslovak literature , London, : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd., 1929. The good soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hašek . London: Heinemann, 1930. Letters from Spain by Karel Čapek. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1931. Tales from two pockets by Karl Čapek. London: Faber & Faber ltd., 1932. Thirty Years in the Golden North by Jan Welzl . Edited by Edward Valenta and B. Golombek. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1932. Letters from Holland by Karel Čapek. London : Faber and Faber , 1933. The wizard of Menlo by Edmund Konrad . London: K.S. Bhat, 1935. The wounded dragon by Francis de Croisset . London : Geoffrey Bles, 1937. Power and glory: a drama in three acts by Karel Čapek. London : G. Allen & Unwin, ltd., 1938. Blackmail or war by Geneviève Tabouis . Harmondsworth: Penguin Books , 1938. The mother: a play in three acts , London: Allen & Unwin, 1939. And this: our life by Jacqueline Vincent . Translated from the French L'enfant qui passe . London, 1939. Central stores by Vicki Baum . Translated from the German 'Der grosse ausverkauf . London: Bles, 1940. Hollar : a Czech émigré in England by Johannes Urzidil . London: The "Czechoslovak", 1942. "Panslavism" past and present by Vladimir Clementis . London : Czechoslovak Committee from Slav Reciprocity, 1943. A Complicated Affair; or, Alias Weiskopf by František Kubka . London : Ćechoslovák, 1944. Mademoiselle de Maupin by Théophile Gautier . Translated from the French. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. Gabrielle by Christine Brueckner . London: Robert Hale , 1956. Khrushchev of the Ukraine : a biography by Victor Alexandrov . London: Gollancz, 1957. The House of Crystal by Hans Kades . London: Angus & Robertson , 1957. The Pursuer by Günther Weisenborn . London: Heinemann, 1962.Novels Schooling , London: Jarrolds, 1924. One, two, three , London : Jarrolds, 1926. Private life , London : Jarrolds Publishers Ltd, 1929.Poetry Personalities , London: George Allen & Unwin , 1918 A baker's dozen of tin trumpets, and two others of different metal , London, S. Nott, 1935.Autobiography First movement . London, 1937.Other The chameleon and four other tales by Anton Chekhov . London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1916. 'London mourning', Today , No. 30, Vol. 5 Otakar Březina : a study in Czech literature , Oxford : B. Blackwell, 1921. Czech self-taught by the natural method with phonetic pronunciation: Thimm's system. London: E. Marlborough & Co, ltd., 1927. Masaryk: a biography , London: M. Joseph, 1940 Czechoslovak literature, an outline , London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1942 Slovníček Anglického Slangu. Glossary of English slang with Czech equivalents . London: G. Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1942 A century of Czech and Slovak poetry , London: New Europe Publishing Co.; Prague Press, 1946. English phraseology. A dictionary containing more than 5,000 idiomatic and colloquial words and expressions , London, J. Brodie, 1957. Orage and the New Age circle: reminiscences and reflections , London: Allen & Unwin, 1959 France under Napoleon III ', London: James Brodie , 1961. 'Preface' to Song out of darkness: selected poems by Vera Rich . London : Mitre Press, 1961. More English phraseology : a supplementary volume to the popular 'English phraseology' , Bath: James Brodie, 1965 The Art of Translating Poetry , London: John Baker Publishers Ltd., 1966
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