Sylva FischerovaSylva Fischerova (born 1963) is one of the most formidable Czech poets of her generation. A distinguished classicist who teaches at Charles University in Prague, she writes poetry with a vivid imagination as well as a historical reach. She has publised eight volumes of poetry in Czech, and her poetry has been translated into numerous languages and is published widely. An earlier selection of her poems, The Tremor of Racehorses, was published by Bloodaxe in 1990. In addition to poetry, she is the author of prose, children's literature and a "fictitious travelogue." The Swing in the Middle of Chaos: Selected Poems, co-translated with Stuart Friebert, was published by Bloodaxe in 2010. STOMACH OF THE SOUL is Fischerova's newest collection of poems in English translation and is translated by the author with Stuart Friebert and Andrew J. Hauner. Read More Read Less