Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)

Autore di The Engineer of Human Souls

87+ opere 3,097 membri 61 recensioni 17 preferito

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

Comprende i nomi: J Skvorecky, J Skoverecky, J. Skvorecky, Josef Skorecky, Skvorecky Josef, Josep SKVORECKY, Josef Skvorecky, Josef Škvorecky, Joseph Skvorecky, Joseph Skvorecky, Josef Škvorecky, Josef Skvorecký, Josef Škvorecký, Jozef Škvorecký, Josefs Škvoreckis, Josef Skvorecký, Josef Škvorecky, יוסף שקבורצקי, Josef Škvorecký, ヨゼフシュクヴォレツキー

Serie

Lieutenant Boruvka

Opere di Josef Škvorecký

Popolari Recenti

The Engineer of Human Souls (1984) — Autore — 662 copie

The Bass Saxophone (1977) 289 copie

The Cowards (1958) 279 copie

The Miracle Game (1991) 210 copie

Dvorak in Love: A Light-Hearted Dream (1986) 167 copie

The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka (1973) 167 copie

The Republic of Whores: A Fragment from the Time of the Cults (1971) 150 copie

Miss Silver's Past (1969) 149 copie

Swell Season (1975) 143 copie

Sins for Father Knox (1973) 139 copie

The End of Lieutenant Boruvka (1975) 100 copie

When Eve Was Naked: Stories of a Life's Journey (2000) 69 copie

Two Murders in My Double Life: A Novel (1996) 61 copie

The Return of Lieutenant Boruvka: A Reactionary Tale of Crime and Detection (1980) 59 copie

The Bride of Texas (1992) 57 copie

Talkin' Moscow Blues (1988) 55 copie

Headed for the Blues: A Memoir (1996) 52 copie

Ordinary Lives (2008) 49 copie

The Tenor Saxophonist's Story (1993) 48 copie

An Inexplicable Story, Or, the Narrative of Questus Firmus Siculus (2002) 34 copie

Because of a measly string of pearls (1964) 16 copie

All the Bright Young Men and Women: A Personal History of the Czech Cinema (Take One Film Book Series) (1971) 12 copie

Legenda Emöke (1966) 7 copie

Dvě legendy (1982) 7 copie

A Tall Tale of America (1980) 6 copie

Ze života české společnosti (1985) 5 copie

Hořkej svět : povídky z let 1946-1967 (1978) 5 copie

Prima sezóna ; Zbabělci ; Konec nylonového věku (1991) 5 copie

Miracle en Bohême (1978) — Autore — 4 copie

De gekooide charleston (2010) 4 copie

The Engineer of Human Souls {Part 1} (1992) 4 copie

Návrat poručíka Borůvky : reakcionářská detektivka (38) (2010) 3 copie

Velká povídka o Americe a malá o Kanadě (2001) 3 copie

Samožerbuch (1991) 3 copie

The Engineer of Human Souls {Part 2} (1992) 3 copie

Jiri Menzel and the History of the "Closely Watched Trains" (East European Monographs) (1982) 3 copie

Nápady čtenáře detektivek 3 copie

Historia Kukułki i inne opowiadania (2003) 2 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

Franz Kafka, jazz a jiné marginálie (1988) 2 copie

Čínská medicína pod pokličkou (2009) 2 copie

Bůh do domu (1980) 2 copie

Babylonsky Pribeh 2 copie

Gorzki świat (2020) 2 copie

Powrót porucznika Borówki : reakcyjna powieść kryminalna (1992) 2 copie

Věk nylonu : fragment románu (1992) 2 copie

Nápady čtenáře detektivek a jiné eseje (1998) 2 copie

Zbabělci : Konec nylonového věku : Sedmiramenny svícen (2010) 2 copie

Emöke: a novella (bound w/The Bass Saxophone) 2 copie

Oh, my papa! 1 copia

Prima sezóna : Lvíče : Legenda Emöke. (2010) 1 copia

Malá pražská Matahára : tragikomedie z dávných časů : únor 1996 (2003) 1 copia

Jaká vlastně byla Marilyn Monroe? (Who was actually Marilyn Monroe) 1 copia

Příběhy o Líze a mladém Wertherovi a jiné povídky (1994) 1 copia

Fajny sezon (1999) 1 copia

Humbug 1 copia

Cud : kryminał polityczny 1 copia

Iz života češkog društva (1987) 1 copia

O nich - o nás 1 copia

Dois Assassinatos Em Minha Vida Dupla - Coleção Negra (2002) 1 copia

Mirakl II. 1 copia

Mirakl I. 1 copia

Frühling in Prag oder Wege des Kubismus (2005) 1 copia

Le Camarade joueur de jazz (1999) 1 copia

Herlige tider : en tekst om de viktigste tingene i livet (1987) 1 copia

Mirk̀l : Politick ̀detektivka : (2 @02C7cs̀ti) 1 copia

Zbabělci (2015) 1 copia

Vražda v zastoupení třetí vyprávění doktora Pivonký detektivní román (2008) 1 copia

Les Pouvoirs surnaturels du lieutenant Boruvka (1999) 1 copia

Hoej sv; Povky z let 1946-1967 1 copia

Setkání v Torontu, s vraždou / Zdena Salivarová, Josef Škvorecký (2006) 1 copia

Nejdražší umění a jiné eseje o filmu (2010) 1 copia

Nové canterburské povídky a jiné příběhy (1996) 1 copia

Ráda zpívám z not a jiné eseje (2004) 1 copia

Hlas z Ameriky (1990) 1 copia

Ze života lepší společnosti : paravanprózy z text-appealů 1 copia

Nevěsta z Texasu : Romantický příběh ze skutečnosti (1992) 1 copia

Slzy Sedmi Bolestí (2008) 1 copia

Zločin v šantánu a jiné filmové povídky a scénáře (2007) 1 copia

Timeo Danaos a jiné eseje (2006) 1 copia

Náchod : to krásné město Kostelec (1994) 1 copia

Feiglinge. Die andere Bibliothek. 1 copia

Dio 2 1 copia

Gyávák fegyvere (feat. 4tress, DSP) [Explicit] (2020) 1 copia

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Sudden Fiction International: Sixty Short-Short Stories (1989) — Collaboratore — 213 copie

Granta 29: New World (1989) — Collaboratore — 151 copie

Granta 30: New Europe (1990) — Collaboratore — 145 copie

Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Collaboratore — 72 copie

Granta 14: Autobiography (1984) — Collaboratore — 71 copie

The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000) — Collaboratore — 69 copie

Granta 13: After the Revolution (1984) — Collaboratore — 54 copie

Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Collaboratore — 32 copie

Moxon's Master (short story) (1893) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 15 copie

Daedalus, Winter 1990: Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Europe (1990) — Collaboratore — 13 copie

Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Collaboratore — 12 copie

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Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Collaboratore — 5 copie

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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

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Recensioni

The Cowards di Josef Škvorecký

I already knew Danny Smiricky, and why? Is he just Svejk, part of the consciousness? Or just omnipresent in Skvorecky's work maybe. He is great in that he's so unlikeable it feels moving when he approaches a truth and then tears his eyes away. I would say it's brave to write this honestly of one's failings, except that I think Skvorecky as an elder still saw women as something just completely other. In any case, if you blur your eyes and skim the endless pages of Irena, there's much of interest in the experience of a volatile time.… (altro)

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Kiramke | 4 altre recensioni | Nov 12, 2023 |

Ordinary Lives di Josef Škvorecký

I found the writing good but the overall plot choppy and confusing. Apparently this end of a series, while I heard that the end notes clarify things I still couldn't really grasp the whole story. I'd have to read the whole thing. What I read still was quite good just incomplete.

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charlie68 | 2 altre recensioni | Oct 27, 2023 |

The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka di Josef Skvorecky

It's been some time since I read this, and I don't recall any details.

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mykl-s | 4 altre recensioni | Aug 13, 2023 |

℗Il ℗sax basso di Josef ¿ kvoreck©ư

Storie con il jazz dentro, nel contenuto e nella forma. Una scrittura che nel primo racconto si fa piena di improvvisazioni e divagazioni e nel secondo lavora sul timbro e il colore. Ottima scoperta.

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d.v. | 5 altre recensioni | May 16, 2023 |

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