Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)
Autore di The Engineer of Human Souls
Sull'Autore
Josef Skvorecky was born in Nachod, Czechoslovakia on September 27, 1924. Under Nazi occupation, he was forced to work in an aircraft factory. He later read Philosophy at Charles University in Prague. He worked for the state publishing house, helping to translate books by Ernest Hemingway, William mostra altro Faulkner and Raymond Chandler. He began to write detective stories featuring Lieutenant Boruvka, which became popular with Czech readers. In 1958, his novel The Cowards was published and then banned on the grounds that it was "Titoist and Zionist." He and his wife moved to Canada after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia that crushed the liberal reforms known as the Prague Spring. They founded 68 Publishers in 1971, which released more than 200 books by exiled Czech authors and those banned by the communists. Skvorecky's other written works include Miss Silver's Past, The Engineer of Human Souls, and The Miracle Game. In 1980, he received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He taught at the University of Toronto. He died on January 3, 2012 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Josef Škvorecký
All the Bright Young Men and Women: A Personal History of the Czech Cinema (Take One Film Book Series) (1971) 12 copie
Jiri Menzel and the History of the "Closely Watched Trains" (East European Monographs) (1982) 3 copie
Nápady čtenáře detektivek 3 copie
Inženjer ljudskih duša : osvrt na stare teme o životu, ženama, sudbini, sanjarenju, radničkoj klasi,… (1989) 2 copie
Skleněný klíč 2 copie
Konec poručíka Borůvky 2 copie
Farářův konec 2 copie
Babylonsky Pribeh 2 copie
Oh, my papa! 1 copia
Humbug 1 copia
Cud : kryminał polityczny 1 copia
O nich - o nás 1 copia
Mirakl II. 1 copia
Mirakl I. 1 copia
Hoej sv; Povky z let 1946-1967 1 copia
Dio 2 1 copia
Opere correlate
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Collaboratore — 72 copie
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Škvorecký, Joseph
- Nome legale
- Škvorecký, Josef Vaclav
- Data di nascita
- 1924-09-27
- Data di morte
- 2012-01-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Tsjechoslowakije (geboren)
Canada - Nazione (per mappa)
- Tsjechië
- Luogo di nascita
- Náchod, Tsjechoslowakije
- Luogo di morte
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Náchod, Tsjechoslowakije
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Istruzione
- Karelsuniversiteit, Praag (Engels ∙ Filosofie)
- Attività lavorative
- schrijver
Hoogleraar
uitgever - Relazioni
- Salivarová, Zdena (echtg.)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Toronto
Sixty-Eight Publishers - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1980)
Order of the White Lion (1990)
Order of Canada
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 87
- Opere correlate
- 16
- Utenti
- 3,097
- Popolarità
- #8,246
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 61
- ISBN
- 263
- Lingue
- 21
- Preferito da
- 17