Josef Skružný

Josef Skružný (born March 15, 1871 in Prague ; † May 12, 1948 ) was a Czech satirical writer , playwright and screenwriter .

Skružný initially worked as an editor of the well-known and popular humorous magazine "Humoristické listy". As a writer, he was also the author of satirical novels and short stories. He also wrote numerous popular plays, many of which were filmed in the 1920s and 1930s.

Skružný was friends with numerous well-known Czech writers and satirists who formed a Prague bohemian circle before the First World War , including Josef Mach , František Langer and Jaroslav Hašek .

It was later Skružný extreme anti-communist and collaborated during the Nazi - occupation of Czechoslovakia with the Germans. His son Roman Skružný (1932-2004) was a well-known neo-Nazi .

Works (selection)

• Ptačí mozky. (20 tisíc za Karličku). Fraška o třech dějstvích. 1907
• Dlouhý, Široký a Bystrozraký. 1907
• Darebák. Veselohra o 1 each. 1910
• Spodničky. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1910
• Menažerie. 1916
• Declamace. 1918
• Ferdinand spí. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1918
• Románek na horách. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1918
• Zlodějské humoresky. 1919
• Macíčkova dovolená. Veselohra o 3 děj. 1922
• Útěk z kriminálu. Humoristický román. 1923
• Urážky na cti. Humoresky. 1924
• Falešná kočička. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1925
• Stávka mládenců. Humoresky. 1925
• Sňatkový podvodník. Veselohra o 3 actech. 1925
• Milenky starého kriminálníka. Veselohra o třech dějstvích. 1927
• Žabec. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1928
• Z mého notesu. 1930
• Kotrmelec. 1933
• Noc před rozvodem. Humoresky a satiry. 1933
• Dvanáct set denně. Humoresky a satiry. 1933
• Deník Kačenky Strnadové služebné v Praze. 1934
• Zelený automobile. Románek milionářovy dcery. 1934
• Opičák. Fraška o 3 dějstvích. 1937
• Salon krásy v Brčálovicích. Veselohra o 1 current 1938

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Josef Skružný in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Filmography (czech)