Eda Krisová

Eda Krisová (2011)

Eda Krisová (born July 18, 1940 in Prague ) is a Czech journalist and writer.

Life

After graduating from high school, Eda Krisová studied journalism and folklore at Prague University . During these years she was deeply influenced by Jan Patočka , both through his personality and his philosophy. She then worked for the magazines Mladý svět (Young World) and Literární noviny (literary newspaper ) until 1968 . In 1969 she accepted the position of reporter for Listy magazine . At the end of 1969, Krisová worked as an assistant at the Institute for Theory and History of Communications at Charles University. In 1972 her works were banned and she was employed in the university's archives, but also fired there in 1976.

After the Velvet Revolution she appointed President Václav Havel to his advisory board. After 1992 she devoted herself only to literary work.

Eda Krisová taught at George Washington University in Washington, DC and lectured at other universities in the USA and Germany.

Memberships

Obec spisovatelů (Czech Writers' Union)

Fonts

In German translation

The Pompeian . Novel. Translated by Paul Kruntorad. Reich, Luzern / Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-455-02301-0 (Czech: Pompejanka , 1980).
The way of the cross of the coachman. Stories from a madhouse . Translated by Susanne Roth. Bund-Verlag, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7663-0947-1 (Czech: Křížová cesta kočárového kočího. Devět povídek z psychiatrické léčebny , 1977).
Vaclav Havel. Poet and president. The authorized biography . Translated by Eckhard Thiele, Gudrun Heißig and Marianne Pasetti. Rowohlt, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-87134-012-X (Czech: Václav Havel: Životopis , 1991).
with Pavel Kohout : Prague . dtv, Munich, 5th, updated and revised edition 1991, ISBN 3-423-03723-7 .
with Jiři Gruša and Petr Pithart : Prague. Once the city of Czechs, Germans and Jews . Translated by Joachim Brus. Langen-Müller, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7844-2411-2 .

Works for children

Tereza a Majda na horách , nakl. Atlantis 2001, ISBN 80-7108-053-5
Prázdniny s Bosonožkou , nakl. Albatros 2007, ISBN 978-80-00-01919-2

Web links

Commons : Eda Krisová - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Literature and other media by and about Eda Krisová in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic

Footnotes

↑ Eda Kriseová: Vaclav Havel. Poet and president. The authorized biography . Rowohlt, Berlin 1991, pp. 119-125 and 139-142.

personal data
SURNAME	Krisová, Eda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Krisova, Eda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 18, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague

[1] Eda Kriseová: Vaclav Havel. Poet and president. The authorized biography . Rowohlt, Berlin 1991, pp. 119-125 and 139-142.