Jan Morávek (writer)
Jan Morávek (born May 1, 1888 in Kamenný Přívoz , † April 4, 1958 in Prague ) was a Czech writer and journalist .
Life
The child of a butcher first attended industrial school , but his main interests were literature and the theater, in which he continues to work even after he has dropped out of school. After a break due to military service, he has been playing on stages in Nachod and Pilsen since 1912 . In 1914 he moved in. After the war he got an engagement at the Divadlo na Vinohradech theater , later with Karel Hašler in his Lucerna .
In 1919 he left the stage and started working as an editor at the magazine Obrana venkova and Kalendář republiky (Calendar of the Republic). Until 1941 he worked as editor-in-chief of Pražský ilustrovaný zpravodaj (Prague Illustrated Reporter) at the Melantrich publishing house under the direction of Jaroslav Šalda .
Today the author is hardly known, but at the time he led the bestseller list together with Jan Vrba , Jindřich Šimon Baar , Josef Knap , Ivan Olbracht and Karel Čapek .
Works
Jan Morávek wrote over twenty novels, numerous short stories, children's books, poems, plays and memoirs. Be realistic prose describing life in the village.
stories
- Nový Cyrano a jiné povídky o lásce (1916)
- Děda Zdravíčko (1958)
Novels
- Špatný voják (1930) (autobiography)
- Ohnivá lázeň (1931)
- Plavci na Sázavě (1932) (his most successful book)
- Divočina (1933)
- Skalní Plemeno (1934)
- Byl na Sázavě přívoz (1935).
- Dědičný hřích (1936)
- Mamánek (1937)
- Srdce na zámek (1937)
- Jediná cesta (1937)
- Ztracený člověk (1940)
- Opuštěná řeka (1941)
- Rybářova žena (1941)
- Pod mraky (1943)
- Chléb odříkaný (1944).
- Zpáteční voda (1947)
- Veselá ves (1948)
- U nás na Sázavě (1957)
- Kuropění (1985)
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Jan Morávek in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Morávek, Jan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech writer and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1888 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamenný Přívoz |
DATE OF DEATH | April 4th 1958 |
Place of death | Prague |