Bohumír Strnadel-Četyna
Bohumír Strnadel-Četyna (born October 29, 1906 in Trojanovice , † January 11, 1974 in Čeladná ) was a Czech writer of historical novels. Besides his main pseudonym Bohumír Četyna, he also published as St. R. Ledan and B. Trojanovský .
Life
Strnadel was a nephew of the sculptor Jan Knebl and the brother of Josef , Antonín and Václav Strnadel. He attended the secondary school in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm from 1918 to 1921 and the Catholic seminary in Velehrad from 1923 to 1924 . This was followed by a high school visit in Olomouc and Brno until 1928 . From 1934 Strnadel worked for the radio station Mährisch Ostrau . From 1941 to 1942 and 1946 to 1950 he was the director of the Frenštát City Museum. Strnadel became a member of the Czechoslovak Writers' Union in 1955.
He became famous for his tetralogy of historical novels: Valašský vojvoda, Jednou za slunovratu, Zbojníci and Živly , which deal with the life of the subjects of the Hukvaldy domain .
Works
- Hory a lidé: tři úvahy o životě dávných salašníků , Nákladatelství obce Trojanovice, ( Trojanowitz ) 1944.
- Zbojníci , historical novel, 1954
- Koliby v soumraku , historical novel, 1959
- Valašský vojvoda , historical novel, 1966
- Drvaři , Roman, 1963
- Poselství zapomenutých , historical novel, 1973
- Jednou za slunovratu , historical novel, 1974
- Besedy na staré valše , white and black humor from seven books, 1974
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Bohumír Strnadel-Četyna in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Literature by and about Bohumír Strnadel-Četyna in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strnadel-Četyna, Bohumír |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Četyna, Bohumír |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trojanovice |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1974 |
| Place of death | Čeladná |