Jiří Brabenec
Jiří Brabenec (born May 25, 1911 in Nymburk , † June 19, 1983 in Prague ) was a Czech journalist and writer . He also wrote under the pseudonyms Eric Kraft and Jiří Zdeněk .
Life
After studying at the engineering school in Kladno in 1931, he studied journalism for two years at the Free School for Political Studies in Prague . He worked u. a. as a seaman , Jawa test driver and technical editor. After the Second World War he was editor of the daily newspaper " Mladá fronta " from 1945 to 1951 and then until his retirement in 1971 for the daily newspaper " Lidová demokracie ". In 1961 he made a trip to the Middle East and crossed the Sinai Desert on a motorcycle.
He made his debut as an author in 1943. He wrote contemporary novels , detective stories , historical novels , journalistic books and five science fiction novels , three of them in collaboration with Zdeněk Veselý .
Works
- Together with Zdeněk Veselý: Dobrodružství v eridanu , Prague 1961, German: Stranded bei der Sonne Epsilon, translation by Josef Ulrich, Das Neue Berlin 1965.
Individual evidence
- ^ Brabenec, Jiří, 1911-1983. In: katalog.kfbz.cz. Retrieved September 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Jiří Brabenec. In: www.databazeknih.cz. Retrieved September 28, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brabenec, Jiří |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kraft, Eric; Zdeněk, Jiří |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nymburk |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1983 |
| Place of death | Prague |