Richard Husmann

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Richard Husmann (pseudonym Filip Jánský) (born September 4, 1922 in Prague ; † August 20, 1987 there ) was a Czech writer .

Life

As a keen scout , he joined the Obrana národa resistance group immediately after the occupation of his country . In 1939 he was sent to Germany with intelligence information , from there to Belgium and France . Like a number of his compatriots, he took up the fight against the National Socialists from exile . He joined the Foreign Legion in France and fled to Great Britain after the occupation of France . There he was accepted as member number 311 in the Royal Air Force as a shooter. In 1944 he moved to the 3rd Czechoslovak Combat Brigade in the Soviet Union . He was wounded many times. After the war he was employed at the Ministry of Transport. Dismissed in 1948, he then had to earn his wages as a laborer.

Works

His first work already helped him to success. The following books draw from the author's life experience or describe the life of fighter pilots.

literature

  • Himmelsreiter (Nebeští jezdci) (1964), his debut work, which has already made him very popular. The book was published in Hungarian, Slovak and Romanian languages. It was also published in Great Britain and Germany. It was filmed in 1968 by director Jindřich Polák .
  • Pear Alley (Hrušňová alej) (1970) - The story of a high school student who fled abroad after the occupation.
  • New Year's Eve (Silvestrovská noc) (1977) - a thriller for lovers of flying describes the accident at Bratislava Airport in 1936.
  • Fortress in the Desert (Pevnost v poušti) (1982) - novel from the environment of the Foreign Legion. Held is again a Czech refugee.
  • Confidence Test (Zkouška důvěry) (1985) - A collection of stories from the air camp on the Western and Eastern Fronts.
  • Memories of the Ascendant (Vzpomínky nebeského jezdce) (1999) - autobiographical material and photographs from the author's estate.

Web links

Published in German

  • The sky riders. Marion von Schröder Verlag (July 1989)

see also list of Czech writers

personal data
SURNAME Husmann, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jánský, Filip (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1987
Place of death Prague , Czechoslovakia