Marie Pujmanová

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Marie Pujmanová , née Hennerová (born June 8, 1893 in Prague , † May 19, 1958 ibid) was a Czech novelist and journalist.

Live and act

She devoted her work mainly to novels that dealt with the social problems of the time. Her work provides a panorama of Czech society from the 1920s to the end of World War II . She is considered to be the founding figure of Czech Socialist Realism and was described as a "stubborn Stalinist " and critic of Václav Havel (1936–2011) in his youth.

In the 1950s, Pujmanová advanced to become a decisive protagonist of the Stalinist show trials, in which numerous death sentences were passed, some of which she herself demanded.

She is known in particular as the author of a trilogy of novels , consisting of the three works People on the Way of the Cross , Playing with Fire and Life Against Death . Her trilogy was included in the Russian book series Library of World Literature published by the Chudoschestwennaja literatura publishing house. In 1953 she was honored as a people 's artist .

She was also a writer of poems .

Works (selection)

  • Novel trilogy (main work):
    • People on the Way of the Cross ( Lidé na křižovatce , 1937)
    • Playing with fire ( Hra s ohněm , 1948)
    • Life against death ( Život proti smrti , 1952)
  • Premonition. Novella. (From the Czech by Elisabeth Borchardt). Prague: Artia Verlag, 1959
  • Zpěv o Praze, ten nikdy nedozní. ("Song of Prague: It Never Stops", with lithographs by Vaclava Sivka, depicting Prague at night). Praha: Mlada Fronta, 1959

References and footnotes

  1. ^ John Keane: Vaclav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts. A&C Black 2000; ISBN 978-0-7475-4838-6 , pp. 123 and 128 (“tough-minded Stalinist”) ( partial online view ).
  2. ↑ Marie Pujmanová , resume on the portal "osobnosti.cz" /spisovatele.cz, online at: spisovatele.cz / ...
  3. ↑ No. 172 ( publ.lib.ru )

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personal data
SURNAME Pujmanová, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hennerová, Marie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech poet and novelist
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1958
Place of death Prague