Karel Josef Beneš

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Karel Josef Beneš (born February 21, 1896 in Prague , † March 27, 1969 in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem ) was a Czech narrator who usually lets his heroes act (or despair) under extreme circumstances. In his pre-war works, Beneš “did not always rise above the level of good entertainment literature,” says Kindler's New Literature Lexicon . From around 1939 (novel The Magic House ), the “professional routine” of the earlier works was joined by a “humanistic concern”, “which is presented with moral and socially critical engagement.” He used the following pseudonyms: Karel Beneš, Karel Beneš-Jizerský, K. Jizerský, KJ

Life

Beneš came from a family of doctors. After graduating from high school (Prague 1915), drafted into the army and seriously wounded at the front, he studied natural sciences, philosophy, music history, and medicine. He received his doctorate from the medical school in 1921. Until 1938 he was an employee of the university library, then director of the State Comenius Library. Active since April 1939 in the resistance group Petiční výbor Věrni zůstaneme against the German occupiers, he was arrested in December 1941 and sentenced to seven years in prison; he went through several prisons. In April 1945 he survived one of the infamous death marches . After the liberation he worked as a commercial clerk in the state planning authority; in addition, he wrote increasingly for the film. In 1950 he retired to Rožmitál, where he died in 1969. Beneš was married to the violin virtuoso Ervína Brokešová (1900–1987).

Works

  • Děvče s květinami , 1921
  • Dobrý člověk , novel, 1925
  • Ogelala , a ballet mystery based on an old Mexican model, Vienna 1925 (music by Erwin Schulhoff )
  • Kov hovoří , 1926
  • Nesmrtelní se setkávají , 1928
  • Ozáření lidé , 1929
  • Plameny , libretto for an opera, 1932, arranged by Max Brod , music by Erwin Schulhoff, dts. Flames , Munich 1950
  • Rok 1848 v projevech současníků , Documents of the 1848 Revolution, 1932, expanded in 1948
  • Uloupený život (Life Stolen), novel, 1935, made into two films
  • Vítězný oblouk , novel, 1937
  • Kouzelný dům (The Magic House ), novel, 1939, filmed by O. Vávra in 1939
  • Červená pečeť , novel (about a violin virtuoso), 1940, German. The red seal , Prague 1960
  • Pohádka o zakleté písni , 1946
  • Rudá v černé , short story, 1947
  • Ohnivé písmo (The Flaming Script ), novel, 1950
  • A přece se dočkal , 1952
  • Rodný hlas , Roman, 1953
  • Mezi dvěma břehy , historical novel, 1954, dts. Between two banks , Berlin 1961
  • Studentský hrdina , 1956
  • Dračí setba , historical novel, 1957, dts. Drachensaat , Berlin 1962
  • Hra o život , novel, 1958
  • Setkání v Karlových Varech , 1959, German. The Encounter: The Path of a Film Actress , Berlin 1960
  • Past , dts. The trap , Berlin 1961
  • Útok , historical novel, 1963, dts. Retaliation , Berlin 1964
  • Cesta do neznáma , novel, 1973 posthumously

literature

  • Ervína Brokešová: Ty a já (You and I), Prague 1947, German I lived on hope , Berlin 1965
  • Günther Jarosch: Epilogue to Die Vergeltung , Berlin 1964
  • Vladimir Forst u. a .: Lexicon of Czech Literature , Prague 1985, pages 189–190

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Munich 1988
  2. ↑ See this website , accessed on February 3, 2011
  3. ↑ Psychological novel about a difficult relationship between twin sisters who eventually become enemies. Filmed under A stolen Life by P. Czinner, GB 1939 and C. Bernhardt, USA 1946
  4. ↑ Topic: Struggle for survival at the end of the war
  5. ↑ Plays during the occupation

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personal data
SURNAME Beneš, Karel Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beneš, Karel (pseudonym); Beneš-Jizerský, Karel (pseudonym); Jizerský, K. (pseudonym); KJ (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech narrator
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1969
Place of death Rožmitál pod Třemšínem , Central Bohemian Region