Jarmila Loukotková

Jarmila Loukotková (born April 14, 1923 in Prague ; † October 29, 2007 there ) was a Czech prose writer and translator.

Life

Loukotková came from the family of the Americanist, ethnographer and linguist Čestmír Loukotka , who was mainly concerned with the life of the Indians. She first attended high school in Prague (Abitur 1942) and then studied French at a private school, later German.

After 1943 she took a position at the City Hall in Prague and after the war continued studying aesthetics and French at the Philosophical Faculty of Prague University .

Works

Loukotková initially wrote regularly for various magazines and newspapers, including Svobodné slovo , Práce , Květy , Vlasta . In addition to books, she also wrote radio plays and screenplays for Czechoslovak television . However, she became known as an author of historical prose, mostly with an ancient background. Other books describe the psychological and emotional problems of modern women ( Medusa ). Her detective novel Reward and her girl and adventure stories Liane des Todes were also successful .

literature

• Jasmine
• Příběhy kaštanu
• Není římského lidu
• Spartacus
• Smrtí boj nekončí
• Bůh či ďábel
• Navzdory básník zpívá
• Křik neviditelných pávů
• Pod maskou smích
• Pro koho krev
• Doma lidé umírají
• Na život se jen čeká
• Odměna
• Příběhy kaštanu
• Tajemství černého lesa
• Medúza
• Žít jednou spolu
• Vstup do ráje zakázán
• Dar jitra prvéhodějství
• Liána smrti
• Dar jitra prvního
• Lhůta prošla

Translations

• Works by François Villon
• Aphorisms by François de La Rochefoucauld (Lhůta prošla)

Radio plays

• Fialinka (1948)

Scripts

• Vstup do ráje zakázán (1990)

Memberships

• Obec spisovatelů (Czech Writers' Union)

Web links

• Literature by and about Jarmila Loukotková in the catalog of the German National Library

See also: List of Czech writers