Jaroslav Žák

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Jaroslav Žák

Jaroslav Žák (born November 28, 1906 in Prague ; † August 29, 1960 there ) was a Czech teacher , writer and screenwriter .

After graduating from high school in 1925, he studied Romance studies and classical philology at Charles University in Prague . While he was working in school in various places in the Czech Republic and Slovakia , he began to write books together with his friend Vlastimil Rada as an illustrator in the 1930s , the most successful of which was in 1937 under the title “Študáci a kantoři” (for example: “Pennäler und Pauker ”) appeared and presented a humorous description of everyday school life. The book also appeared in a German edition, which, although placed on the " List of Unwanted Books " by the National Socialists , was sold on and enjoyed great popularity.

He dealt with the seizure of power in Czechoslovakia by the communists in 1948 in three novels, whereupon he was excluded from the writers' association and banned from publication.

Works (excerpt)

  • Študáci a kantoři , 1937,
    • German: The class struggle: some things about d. Essence d. School People [German translation. v. Julius Mader.], Drawings v. Gerhard Brinkmann , Berlin: Stephenson, 1941,
    • German also as: Pennäler contra Pauker: Strategy, Tricks, etc. Defense . [Translated from the Czech by Julius Mader.] Illustrations. by G. Bri (= Gerhard Brinkmann), 3rd edition, Rosenheim: Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 1969
  • Kámen mudrců , 1946,
    • German: The charred Pythagoras [translation. from the Czech: Herta Soswinski .], Rosenheim: Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 1971
  • Konec starých časů (The end of the old days), 1948
  • Na úsvitě nové doby (At the dawn of the new era), 1948
  • Ve stínu kaktusu (In the shadow of the cactus), 1948

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SURNAME Žák, Jaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech teacher, writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1960
Place of death Prague