Astronautilia
The Astronautilia (Czech: Hvězdoplavba; full title in Greek: Ποιητοῦ ἀδήλου ΑΣΤΡΟΝΑΥΤΙΛΙΑ ἢ ἡ Μικροοδυσσεία ἡ κοσμική; i.e. "An unknown poet's Starvoyage, or the Cosmic Micro-Odyssey") is the magnum opus, written in 1994 under the hellenised pseudonym Ἰωάννης Πυρεῖα, of Czech poet and writer Jan Křesadlo, one of the most unusual works of twentieth-century literature. It was published shortly after his death as a commemorative first edition.
Author | Ἰωάννης Πυρεῖα i.e. Jan Křesadlo |
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Original title | Ποιητοῦ ἀδήλου ἈΣΤΡΟΝΑΥΤΙΛΙΑ ἢ ἡ Μικροδυσσεία ἡ κοσμική |
Translator | Jan Křesadlo |
Country | Czech literature |
Language | Greek, Czech, Latin, English |
Genre | epic poem, hexameter, Science fiction, satire, poetry, postmodern |
Publisher | Ivo Železný |
Publication date | 1995 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 542 |
ISBN | 8023724525 |
While no full English translation exists as yet, there is a sample chapter translation online, and a German translation of the fully transcribed and annotated Greek text is in preparation.
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