František Hrubín

František Hrubín (born September 17, 1910 in Prague , Austria-Hungary ; died March 1, 1971 in Budweis ) was a Czech writer, author of nature and love poetry, poet.

Life

In his youth he lived in Lešany . After graduating from high school in Prague, he studied philosophy and theology at Charles University , but dropped out in 1932. From 1934 he worked in the City Library in Prague and later in the Ministry of Information. From 1946 until his death he was a full-time writer.

Hrubín co-founded the children's magazine Quendel (Mateřídouška) and edited it from 1945 to 1950.

Together with Jaroslav Seifert, in 1956 he criticized the appropriation of literature by politics and stood up for imprisoned writers. This initially led to a complete ban on publications, but later he was allowed to work as a translator and children's book author.

Works

Poems

• Zpíváno z dálky - 1933
• Krásná po chudobě - ​​1935
• Země po polednách - 1937
• Včelí plást - 1940
• Země sudička - 1941
• báseň Jobova noc - 1945, vyjadřování pocitu ohrožení rodné země
• Říkejte si se mnou - 1943
• Hirošima - 1948
• Proměna - 1957
• Romance pro křídlovku - 1962
• Zlatá reneta - 1964

Dramas

• Sunday in August (Srpnová neděle) - 1958
• Kristallnacht (Křišťálová noc) - 1961

Children's books

• Špalíček pohádek - 1957

Published in German

• The chicken in the cornfield - Sauerländer, Frankfurt (March 1981)
• Fairy tales from a thousand and one nights - Artia Verlag (1960)
• Lend Me the Wings - Dausien (1961)
• The most beautiful fairy tales - Artia Verlag (1959)
• Roses and the Winter Witch - Artia Verlag (1964)
• SAY UP! - Artia Verlag (1955)

Filmography

• 1957: The Invention of Perdition (Vynález zkázy)
• 1966: Romance for flugelhorn (Romance pro křídlovku)
• 1978: Beauty and the Monster (Panna a netvor)

Web links

• Literature by and about František Hrubín in the catalog of the German National Library
• František Hrubín in the Internet Movie Database (English)