Bronislava Volková: key obituary facts
Is Bronislava Volková dead? Yes. Bronislava Volková died on October 29, 2026, at age 80.
Cause of death: Bronislava Volková's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Bronislava Volková known for?
She was a czech-American poet and academic.
More about Bronislava Volková
Born: 15 May 1946.
Place of birth: Děčín.
Gender: female.
Occupation: semiotician, poet, literary historian, collagist, translator, linguist, bohemicist, slavist.
Nationality: United States, Czechoslovakia.
Mother: Gita Morenová.
Occupations: semiotician, poet, literary historian, translator, scholar.
Bronislava Volková, a Czech–American poet, died on October 29, 2026, aged 80.
Born Bronislava Fischerová in Děčín, she grew up in Prague and completed her primary and secondary schooling there. In 1969, she graduated from Charles University’s Philosophical Faculty with a master’s degree in Russian and Spanish; the following year she earned a doctorate in Slavic and general linguistics.
She left Czechoslovakia in 1974 and spent more than four decades in the United States. A poet, translator, scholar and collage artist, Volková’s professional interests also included literary history, semiotics and linguistics. Her academic career took her to six universities in three countries, among them the University of Cologne, the University of Marburg, the University of Virginia and Harvard University. Indiana University Bloomington became her home institution: she joined its Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in 1982, led its Czech program for 30 years and became a full professor in 1991. Her father, Štěpán Fischer, was a machine engineer, and her mother, Markéta Morenová, also known by the pseudonym Gita Morenová, was a violin virtuoso.