Josef Kostohryz

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Josef Kostohryz (also Zdena Hadrbolcová ) (born December 25, 1907 in Křenovice , † May 24, 1987 in Prague ), was a Czech writer and translator.

Life

As the son of a farmer, after graduating from high school in 1927, he studied philosophy, Czech and French at the Philosophical Faculty of Prague University . Then he taught at a secondary school. After receiving a scholarship, Kostohryz worked as a Czech lecturer at the Institute for Eastern Europe in Rome .

In 1936 he returned and taught at a Prague grammar school until 1945. He then received a position at the Ministry of Information and from 1949 he was head of the Prague National Gallery. In 1951 he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for one year for alleged treason. After his release from prison in 1963, he worked as a translator. In 1990 he was rehabilitated.

Works

From 1927 he wrote for periodical publications such as student magazine (Studentský časopis), Volkszeitung ( Lidové noviny ), Řád (member), Lumír , literature and art review (Rozhledy po literatuře a umění), renewal (Obnova), house guest (Host do domu ), Catholic Newspaper (Katolické noviny).

In addition to his own works, he has translated from French , Italian , English , Polish , Spanish and German .

Fiction

  • Prameny ústí, 1934
  • Rekviem, 1944
  • Ať zkamení, 1946
  • Jednorožec mizí, 1969
  • Přísný obraz, 1970
  • Paraple paní Černé (1975)
  • Eumenidy, 1981 (Munich)
  • Strmá nenaděj, 1987 self-published
  • Melancholy, 1991

Translations

Other publications

  • Paraple paní Černé, 1975, detective novel.

Anthologies

Strmá nenaděj (1994)

bibliography

  • Slovník českých spisovatelů od roku 1945, Nakl Brána, Prague 1995

see also list of Czech writers

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kostohryz, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hadrbolcová, Zdena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Křenovice
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1987
Place of death Prague