Jan Křesadlo
Jan Křesadlo was the pseudonym of the writer Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava (born December 9, 1926 , † August 13, 1995 in Colchester ( England )). Pinkava also made a name for himself as a poet, composer, and science fiction writer.
Life
After the communist coup in 1948, he was sentenced to death and narrowly escaped the death penalty. In 1954 he studied psychology with a focus on sexual digressions. After the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, he emigrated to England with his wife and four children.
He was the father of director Jan Pinkava , who won an Oscar for Geri's Game in 1997 .
Works
Kresadlo composed church music. He implemented his fondness for mathematical logic in puzzles. With his daughter he translated the linguistically demanding book by Jaroslav Seifert Věnec sonetů into English. He published his collection of Sedmihlásek poems , which he wrote in seven languages. In total he wrote over a hundred sonnets . His work Astronautilía-Hvězdoplavba was published posthumously , an atypical scientific-utopian novel with 6,575 verses in ancient Greek hexameters , translated into Czech in parallel .
Awards
In 1984 he received the Egon Hostovský Prize for his first work Mrchopěvci (The Carrion Singers) .
Web links
- Information about Jan Křesadlo (Czech and English)
- bibliography
- Some poems
see also list of Czech writers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Křesadlo, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pinkava, Václav Jaroslav Karel (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech writer, poet, composer and science fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1926 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1995 |
| Place of death | Colchester |