Jaroslav Seifert was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man". The Nobel Prize in Literature 1984, announced November 27, 1984. Jaroslav Seifert, “for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man”. Jaroslav Seifert: born 1901, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic). Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).