Michal Viewegh
Michal Viewegh (born March 31, 1962 in Prague ) is a Czech writer and publicist.
Life
His father was an engineer, his mother a lawyer. He grew up in Sázava and graduated from high school in 1980 in Benešov . After dropping out of business studies, he studied pedagogy and Czech at the Charles University in Prague . After graduating in 1988, he worked as a teacher in Prague until 1993 and then for two years as an editor at the Český spisovatel publishing house . Viewegh has been a freelance writer since 1995.
He published his first stories in 1983 in the magazine Mladá fronta . In 1993 he received the Jiří Orten Prize . As a writer, he is currently expressing his political opposition to the former Czech President Václav Klaus in a very pointed manner.
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Novels
- Názory na vraždu, 1990
- Báječná léta pod psa, 1992 (German: Blendende Jahre for dogs , autobiographical novel from the time of Czech normalization ), made into a film in 1997, directed by Petr Nikolaev
- Výchova dívek v Čechách, 1994 (German: Upbringing Girls in Bohemia ), made into a film in 1996, directed by Petr Koliha
- Účastečníci zájezdu, 1996, filmed in 2006, directed by Jiří Vejdělek
- Zapisovatelé otcovský lásky, 1998 (German: The love of a father )
- Román pro ženy, 2001 (German: Roman for women ), filmed in 2005, director: Filip Renč
- Báječná léta s Klausem, 2002, free continuation of: Báječná léta pod psa
- Případ nevěrné Kláry, 2003 (German: Der Fall unreue Klára ), made into a film in 2009, directed by Roberto Faema
- Vybíjená, 2004 (German: Völkerball , Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-552-06021-0 )
- Tři v Háji, 2004, co-authors: Halina Pavlovská and Iva Hercíková
- Lekce tvůrčího psaní, 2005
- Andělé všedního dne, 2007 (German: Angel of the Last Day , Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-552-06128-6 )
- Román pro muže, 2008, filmed in 2010, director: Tomáš Bařina
- Biomanželka, 2010
- Mafie v Praze, 2011 (German: Die Mafia in Prag , Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-552-06258-0 )
- Mráz přichází z Hradu, 2012
- Čarodějka z Křemelky, 2015
Literary parodies
- Nápady laskavého čtenáře, 1993
- Nové nápady laskavého čtenáře, 2000
stories
- Povídky o manželství ao sexu, 1999 (German: Stories about sex and marriage , Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 978-3-216-30537-4 )
- Krátké pohádky pro unavené rodiče, 2007
- Povídky o lásce, 2009 (German: Temporary loss of orientation , love stories, Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-552-06161-3 )
Others
- Features: Švédské stoly anebo Jací jsme, 2000
- Biography: Báječný rok, 2006 (author's diary from 2005)
- Drama: Růže pro Markétu anebo Večírky revolucionářů, 2004
- Blogroman: Srdce domova
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Michal Viewegh in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Literature by and about Michal Viewegh in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viewegh, Michal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |