Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)
Autor(a) de The Engineer of Human Souls
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Josef Škvorecký
All the Bright Young Men and Women: A Personal History of the Czech Cinema (Take One Film Book Series) (1971) 12 exemplares
Jiri Menzel and the History of the "Closely Watched Trains" (East European Monographs) (1982) 3 exemplares
Nápady čtenáře detektivek 3 exemplares
Inženjer ljudskih duša : osvrt na stare teme o životu, ženama, sudbini, sanjarenju, radničkoj klasi,… (1989) 2 exemplares
Skleněný klíč 2 exemplares
Konec poručíka Borůvky 2 exemplares
Farářův konec 2 exemplares
Babylonsky Pribeh 2 exemplares
Emöke: a novella (bound w/The Bass Saxophone) 2 exemplares
Oh, my papa! 1 exemplar
Humbug 1 exemplar
Cud : kryminał polityczny 1 exemplar
O nich - o nás 1 exemplar
Mirakl II. 1 exemplar
Mirakl I. 1 exemplar
Hoej sv; Povky z let 1946-1967 1 exemplar
Feiglinge. Die andere Bibliothek. 1 exemplar
Dio 2 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Škvorecký, Joseph
- Nome legal
- Škvorecký, Josef Vaclav
- Data de nascimento
- 1924-09-27
- Data de falecimento
- 2012-01-03
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Tsjechoslowakije (geboren)
Canada - País (no mapa)
- Tsjechië
- Local de nascimento
- Náchod, Tsjechoslowakije
- Local de falecimento
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Locais de residência
- Náchod, Tsjechoslowakije
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Educação
- Karelsuniversiteit, Praag (Engels ∙ Filosofie)
- Ocupações
- schrijver
Hoogleraar
uitgever - Relações
- Salivarová, Zdena (echtg.)
- Organizações
- University of Toronto
Sixty-Eight Publishers - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1980)
Order of the White Lion (1990)
Order of Canada
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Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 87
- Also by
- 16
- Membros
- 3,093
- Popularidade
- #8,254
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 61
- ISBN
- 263
- Línguas
- 21
- Marcado como favorito
- 17