Eduard Petiška

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Eduard Petiška

Eduard Petiška (born May 14, 1924 in Prague , † June 6, 1987 in Mariánské Lázně ) was a Czech writer and translator.

Life

In 1943, after graduating from high school in Brandýs nad Labem , Petiška studied comparative science, literary history and German at the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague . In 1949 he received his doctorate and shortly thereafter devoted himself full-time to literature. In 1977 he was one of the signatories of the Anticharta . He died a recognized and successful author who left his literary legacy to his son, a writer who publishes under the pseudonym Eduard Martin .

Works

Petiška specialized early on in children's books, a way of avoiding the problems writers had with the communist regime. He mainly translated works by Goethe from German . As a poet, he was based on František Halas . His narratives and stories have a slight lyrical impact and mostly deal with generation problems. In addition, he published collections of fairy tales and sagas.

Published in German

as an author
  • From the richest sparrow in the world . Leiv, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-89603-266-6 (illustrated by Zdeněk Miler )
  • The mole and his little car (“Krtek a autíčko”). Leiv, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-928885-97-9 (illustrated by Zdeněk Miler)
  • How the mole got his pants (“Jak krtek ke kalhotkám přišel”). Leiv, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-89603-128-0 .
  • The golem . Jewish legends and fairy tales from old Prague ("Golem a jiné židovské pověsti a pohádky ze staré Prahy"). Martin Verlag, Prague 2001, ISBN 80-85955-19-9 .
  • The Eternal Jew of Prague. Jewish fairy tales and legends from old Prague . Martin Verlag, Prague 1997, ISBN 80-8595509-1 .
  • Sagas and legends from old Prague . Martin Verlag, Prague 1995, ISBN 80-901744-7-7 (together with Jan Dolan ).
  • Legends of the Moravian castles ("Čtení o hradech"). Martin Verlag, Prague 1995, ISBN 80-8595500-8 .
  • Legends of the Bohemian castles . Martin Verlag, Prague 1994, ISBN 80-901744-3-4 .
  • Legends of the Bohemian Kingdom . Martin Verlag, Prague 1993, ISBN 80-9001299-X .
  • Old Greek legends ("Staré řecké báje a pověsti"). Dausien, Hanau 1973, ISBN 3-7684-3129-0 .
  • Judge Knorr. Novel . Walter-Verlag, Olten 1973, ISBN 3-530-63980-X .
  • In the Ahorngasse ("Než uzrají muži"). Artia, Prague 1964 (illustrated by Vilém Plocek )
  • Birliban . Artia, Prague 1960 ( illustrated by Václav Sivko ).
  • The fairy tale uncle ("Pohádkový dědeček"). Artia, Prague 1959 (illustrated by Zdeněk Miler)
  • Eduard Petiška (text), Zdeněk Miler (illustrator), Eliška Glaserová (translator): How the mole got into pants: a fairy tale based on the Czech film Jak krtek ke kalhotkám přišel , Artia, Prague 1958, DNB 453381081 .
  • The seven Schlemihle ("Sedm mamlasů"). Translation by Peter Lux. Drawings by Miroslav Šašek . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1950.
as a processor

Web links

Commons : Eduard Petiška  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of the signatories of the Anticharta
  2. ↑ List of signatures from the Rudé právo
personal data
SURNAME Petiška, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1987
Place of death Mariánské Lázně