Ladislav Fuks

Ladislav Fuks (* 24. September 1923 in Prague , † 19th August 1994 ) was a Czech prose - writer and author of psychological novels , which is mainly concerned with the fascism apart translated.

Life

Fuks was born the son of a police officer and attended high school in Prague on Truhlářská ulice. He studied philosophy, psychology and history at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague . During the Second World War he worked as an administrator in Hodonín . Fuks received his PhD in 1949 . Until 1959 he worked in the state monument administration of the National Gallery. Fuks became a freelance writer in the 1960s and was best known for his debut "Herr Theodor Mundstock", a novel that has been translated into many languages. During communist rule he chose, as he said, "the path of forgiveness and tolerance before headless rebellion and the courage to fall in resistance". He was a member of the Association of Czech Writers. Although he found recognition at home and abroad, he remained lonely and without friends in old age.

Works in German

• Mr. Theodor Mundstock (Pan Theodor Mundstock). Translation Josef Hahn. Leipzig: Reclam, 1990. Psychological novel during the time of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia about the fate of a Prague Jew who is mentally ailing and dialogues with his shadow. After a key experience, he gets up and tries to prepare for the time in the concentration camp. However, he no longer experiences the transport because he is run over by a car.
• Journey to the Promised Land (Cesta do zaslíbené země), 1990 - novel.
• The Incinerator (Spalovač mrtvol), 1967 - psychological horror novel about an employee in the crematorium. This is subject to manic visions due to the influence of National Socialism, but also due to his interest in oriental philosophy. He murders his family, believing that their death will bring him cleansing.
• The portrait of Martin Blaskowitz (Obraz Martina Blaskowitze), 1983 - novella about problems of morality. Confrontation of an innocent narrator with a careerist and Nazi collaborator.
• The Mice of Natalie Mooshaber (Myši Natálie Mooshabrové), 1982 - also a novel with horror scenarios, but also grotesque and fantastic. A story on the verge of reality. The life of a young widow whose son is a detective and whose daughter is a prostitute.
• The Criminal Council's Case (Příběh kriminálního rady), 1980 - detective novel. The criminal inspector solves a fourfold child murder.
• The Shepherd Boy from the Valley (Pasáček z doliny), 1979 - The phase of collectivization in Slovakia is described in the form of a ballad.
• The Dead at the Ball (Nebožtíci na bále), 1976 - The life of a citizen before the First World War . The fate of two deceased is described in a partly humorous way.
• Sketches from Prague , 1976.
• Variations for a dark string (Variace pro temnou strunu), 1967.

Film adaptations

Literary template

• 1978: In the Silence of the Night ( Wsrod nocnej ciszy )
• 1983: Postcard from a trip ( Kartka z podrozy ) based on the novel "Herr Theodor Mundstock"

script

• 1968: The Incinerator ( Spalovač mrtvol ) - Director: Juraj Herz , with Rudolf Hrušínský
• 1971: The Secret of the Golden Buddha ( Tajemstvi zlateho buddhy )

Web links

• Literature by and about Ladislav Fuks in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature and other media by and about Ladislav Fuks in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Ladislav Fuks in the Internet Movie Database (English)