Vladimír Páral

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Vladimír Páral (pseudonym Jan Laban ) (born August 10, 1932 in Prague ) is a Czech writer .

The spectrum of his work ranges from satire to prose under the influence of the communist regime. Paral was probably also an employee of the State Security ( Státní bezpečnost ).

Life

Born in Prague, he spent his youth in Brno and attended secondary school here. He then studied chemical engineering in Pardubice and worked as an engineer in Liberec and Ústí nad Labem until 1967 . In 1972 he switched to the North Bohemian Publishing House in Aussig as a publishing editor . In 1977 he signed the Anticharta . He has been a freelance writer since 1979. From 1995 he lived alternately in Mariánské Lázně and Prague.

Works

In Paral's literary work, he lets individuals experience different situations and tests their reactions. Best described in the novella Fair of Wishes Fulfilled (Veletrh splněných přání). It belongs to the first part of his black pentalogy , a cycle of three short stories and two novels that criticize the mechanization of life and the commercialization of society.

After the novel Lovers and Murderers (Milenci a vrazi - 1969), the regime indicated to him that his criticism of communist normalization after the Prague Spring should disappear from his novels. He then changed his style and wrote his idealizing, adapted and schematic novel Professionelle Frau (Profesionální žena) in 1971 , a parody of flattened literature with colorless heroes who affirm the system. Similarly, his 1973 novel, which belongs to his period of "white pentalogy", The Young Man and the White Whale (Mladý muž a bílá velryba), which was highly praised by the official propaganda.

After his book Torment of Imagination (Muka obraznosti), he abandons reality and writes four sci-fi novels Romeo and Julie 2300 , Temptation A-ZZ (Pokušení A-ZZ), The War with the Multi-Animal (Válka p mnohozvířetem) and World of Women (Země žen). These works, as well as his subsequent books Buch der Wonne, des Lachens und Freude (Kniha rozkoší, smíchu a radosti - 1993) and Playgirls I and II are aimed at the general public, some with sexual themes that were forbidden under the communist regime. Some of his works have been filmed and edited for the theater.

Published in German

  • The war with the multi-animal - Berlin: Verlag Volk u. World, 1987 ISBN 3-353-00161-1
  • The private cyclone - Berlin: Buchclub 65, 1980
  • The young man and the white whale - Berlin: Buchclub 65, 1977
  • Private storm - Frankfurt (am Main): Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 1973 ISBN 3-436-01667-5
  • The fair of wishes fulfilled - Munich: Hanser, 1966

First work

  • Šest pekelných nocí , 1962 - published under the pseudonym Jan Laban

Black pentalogy

  • Veletrh splněných přání , 1964
  • Soukromá vichřice: Laboratorní zpráva ze života hmyzu , 1966
  • Catapult: Jízdní řád železničních, lodních a leteckých drah do ráje , 1967
  • Milenci a vrazi: Magazín ukájení před rokem 2000 , 1969
  • Profesionální žena: Román pro každého , 1971

White pentalogy

  • Mladý muž a bílá velryba: Malý chemický epos , 1973
  • Radost až do rána: O křečcích a lidech , 1975
  • Generální zázrak: Román naděje , 1977
  • Muka obraznosti: Konfrontace snu a skutečnosti , 1980

Sci Fi

  • Romeo a Julie 2300 , 1982
  • Pokušení A-ZZ , 1982
  • Válka s mnohozvířetem , 1983
  • Země žen , 1987

Other works

  • Dekameron 2000 aneb Láska v Praze , 1990
  • Kniha rozkoší, smíchu a radosti , 1992
  • Playgirls 1 a 2 , 1994
  • Profesionální muž , 1995
  • Tam za vodou , 1995

Filmography

Several of his books have been made into films. Páral took part in some film adaptations.

  • Soukromá vichřice (1967) also screenwriter and actor
  • Radost až do rána (1978) also screenwriter
  • Mladý muž a bílá velryba (1978)
  • Catapult (1983)
  • Muka obraznosti (1989)
  • Playgirls 1st (1994) also screenwriter
  • Playgirls 2nd (1994) also screenwriter
  • Milenci a vrazi (2004)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Páral, Vladimír
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laban, Jan (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague