Janele z Liků: poetry

Janele z Liků is the pen name of Jana Hradilová (b. 1984, Přerov), a poet and musician living in Brno. She studied at the Faculty of Education of Palacký University Olomouc (graduated 2006).

She made her debut with the collection Ze starých mýdel (From Old Soaps, 2011) and is a winner of the Palacký University Rector’s Literary Award and the Vladimír Vokolek Literary Award. In 2008, together with guitarist Rudolf Kalaš, she founded the group Poetická společnost Janele z Liků. Her second collection, Hryzla, came out in 2023.

At the 13th edition of the UFF festival (2023) she gave an author reading of her poetry at Hospůdka U Bílého beránka — a joint session with Ondřej Krystyník and Nela Bártová.

Sources:

• Palacký University Writers – Janele z Liků
• Magazín UNI – interview
• Vltava – second collection Hryzla