Jan Beneš (writer, 1958)

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Emil Hakl (2013)

Jan Beneš (born March 25, 1958 in Prague ) is a Czech author who published under the pseudonym Emil Hakl . The author of the same name Jan Beneš (1936–2007) also wrote under pseudonyms.

Life

Beneš only graduated from school after a ten-year hiatus due to drug abuse . He was married three times and divorced the same number of times.

In the 1980s he began to write poems , short stories and first novels under the pseudonym Emil Hakl and founded an author's community Moderní analfabet ( The modern illiterate ). His first volume of poetry was published in 1991 and his first novel in 2001. At the same time, he worked as a writer for an advertising agency in the 1990s .

In 2010, Beneš received the Josef Škvorecký Prize .

Works (selection)

  • Rozpojená slova , Mladá fronta , 1991 - collection of poems
  • Zkušební trylky z Marsu , Cherm, 2000 - collection of poems
  • Konec světa , ( End of the World ) Argo, 2001 - short stories
  • Intimní schránka Sabriny Black , Argo, 2002 - Roman
    • Intimní schránka Sabriny Black (Final Cut) , Argo, completely new adaptation of the novel theme 2010 - novel
  • O rodičích a dětech , ( From parents and children ) Argo, 2002 - short story, awarded the Magnesia Litera Prize
  • O létajících objektech , Argo, 2004 - short stories
  • Let čarodějnice , ( Flight of the Witches ) Argo, 2008 - novel
  • O rodičích a dětech , 2008 novella, filmed with the same name
    • Meeting point penguin house: walks with the father. translated by Mirko Kraetsch. Braumüller Literaturverlag, Vienna 2010. ISBN 978-3-99200-012-8
  • Pravidla směšného chování , Argo, 2010
    • Rules of ridiculous behavior . Novel. Translated from the Czech by Mirko Kraetsch. Braumüller, Vienna 2013
  • Skutečná událost , Argo, 2013 - novel
    • Eight days to Monday: Roman . Translated from the Czech by Mirko Kraetsch. Braumüller, Vienna 2014
  • Hovězí kostky , Argo, 2014 - short stories

literature

  • Culik, J. (2010) Emil Hakl . In: Serafin, S. and Mihailovich, VD (eds.) Twenty-first-century Central and Eastern European Writers . Series: Dictionary of Literary Biography, 353. The Gale Group, pp. 104-111. ISBN 978-0-7876-8171-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare the information in the catalog of the German National Library
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arts.gla.ac.uk
  3. ↑ a b Beneš ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Czech literature portal @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.czechlit.cz
  4. ↑ http://www.emilhakl.cz/english.html
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.czechlit.cz

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personal data
SURNAME Beneš, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hakl, Emil (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague