Jiří Stránský

Jiří Stránský (May 2019)

Jiří Stránský (born August 12, 1931 in Prague - † May 29, 2019 ) was a Czech writer , screenwriter , playwright and translator .

Life

Stránský came from a wealthy family with aristocratic ancestors. After graduating from high school in 1950, he took a job in a printing company . In 1953 he was arrested and sentenced by the communist regime to eight years in prison for alleged treason . He went through several labor camps before receiving an amnesty in 1960. During his imprisonment he wrote fairy tales for his daughter and then also poems and novels which he was able to publish. After his release, he worked as a construction worker and at a gas station. During this time Stránský assisted in the Barrandov film studio . In 1974 he was again sentenced to three and a half years in prison and released after 18 months. He returned to work as a technician at the petroleum company Benzina and continued to work externally in the film industry.

After 1989 he published in the literary magazine Literární noviny , in Blätter (Listy) and in the people's newspaper ( Lidové noviny ). In 1990 he became a full-time writer. In the same year he accepted the offer to become head of the foreign department of the Czech Literary Fund ( Český literární fond ). In 1992 Stránský was elected President of the Czech section of the PEN Club. From 1995 to 1998 he was Chairman of the Council of the National Library ( Rada Národní knihovny ).

Stránský has received numerous national awards for his literary works, and in 2015 he was the first recipient of the new award Knight of Czech Culture .

Works

Several of his works have been filmed, including Boomerang , which was shown at the 1998 Munich Film Festival .

Web links

Literature and other media by and about Jiří Stránský in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
Jiří Stránský in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ sedel jsem s elitou národa. Zemřel Jiří Stránský, který sepsal svědectví o komunismu, accessed on May 30, 2019.
↑ Czech writer Jiri Stransky died , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on May 30, 2019.
^ ^A ^b Czech writer Jiri Stransky died ; in: Berliner Zeitung , May 31, 2019, p. 21.

personal data
SURNAME	Stránský, Jiří
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stransky, Jiri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech writer, screenwriter, playwright and translator
DATE OF BIRTH	August 12, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	29 May 2019

[1] sedel jsem s elitou národa. Zemřel Jiří Stránský, který sepsal svědectví o komunismu, accessed on May 30, 2019.

[2] Czech writer Jiri Stransky died , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on May 30, 2019.

[BerlZtg-3] A ^b Czech writer Jiri Stransky died ; in: Berliner Zeitung , May 31, 2019, p. 21.