Jiří Robert Pick

Jiří Robert Pick (born May 4, 1925 in Prague , † March 17, 1983 in Zbraslav ) was a Czech writer.

Life

Pick was the son of a chemical engineer. His sister was the American documentary filmmaker Zuzana Justman . Because of his Jewish origins, he had to break off high school in 1939. In 1943 he and his family were taken to the Theresienstadt concentration camp . After his return he received medical treatment for a long time. In 1954 he finally graduated from the School of Politics and Economics. He then worked for the newspaper Literární noviny , later as a freelance writer and theater dramaturge. Pick headed the Paraván Theater from 1962 , founded the Au Theater in 1968 and worked for the satirical magazine Dikobraz. In 1969 his works were banned in Czechoslovakia . From 1961 he was married to Iva Hercíková .

Works

He wrote traditional Czech parodies, criticizing local excesses of socialism with a view to improving the situation. There were also plays, a children's book and song lyrics.

• The animal welfare association. A humorous - as far as possible - novella from the Ghetto Translation from Czech by Eva Gaal and Sigmund Mang. Würzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8260-5034-3

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Jiří Robert Pick in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic