Jan Kozák
Jan Kozák (born March 25, 1921 in Roudnice nad Labem , † May 5, 1995 in Prague ) was a Czech writer.
Life
In 1940 he passed the Abitur examination and worked after the Second World War as an employee and functionary in the cultural institutions of the Communist Party KSČ . In 1951 he graduated from the Central Political School and stood out as an apparatchik . In 1972 Kozák was elected to the board of the Association of Czech Writers ( Svaz českých spisovatelů ). He held this position until 1989.
He was one of those writers who were loyal to communist politics .
Works
His works reflect the politics and ideology of the communist party. He draws from personal experience of the collectivization of the villages in Slovakia, in which he himself participated. In addition, he also described his hunting experiences in the taiga in several books .
- Pohledy do oken, 1941
- Horký dech, 1961
- Mariana Radvaková, 1962
- Mariana, 1965
- Silná ruka, 1966
- Léčka, 1968
- Svatý Michal, 1971
- Lovcem v tajze, 1972 (German: Als Jäger in der Taiga, 1975) Kozák talks about his experience of spending a winter six months away from any human settlement together with a hunter in Eastern Siberia.
- Čapí hnízdo, 1976
- Bílý hřebec, 1979
- Adam and Eve, 1982
- Mariana a jiné osudy, 1985
Web links
- Literature by and about Jan Kozák in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kozák, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roudnice nad Labem |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1995 |
| Place of death | Prague |