Vladislav Vančura

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Vladislav Vančura

Vladislav Vančura (born June 23, 1891 in Háj ve Slezsku , near Troppau , Austria-Hungary ; died June 1, 1942 in Prague - Kobylisy ) was a Czech writer , playwright , film director and doctor .

Life

Vančura, who published his first publications in magazines in 1919, had been a member of the Devětsil artists ' association since 1920 and a representative of poetism . The highlight of Vančura's literary work is the three-part work “Obrazy z dějin národa českého” (“Pictures from the history of the Czech people”), in which Czech history is dealt with up to the last Přemyslids . Vladislav Vančura was a cousin of Antonín Vančura , better known as the Brno writer, playwright, poet, journalist and librarian Jiří Mahen (1882-1939).

In the second half of the 1920s Vančura was a participant in the meetings of the informal regulars' table group Prague intellectual Pátečníci .

Vančura was a member of the communist party . As a signatory of the Critical Manifesto of the Seven , however, he was expelled from the party in March 1929; he was also a member of the avant-garde group Levá fronta (Left Front). During the Second World War he campaigned against the German occupation. On May 12, 1942, as part of the repression following the Heydrich assassination attempt, he was arrested by the Gestapo in his home in Zbraslav and shot at the Kobylisy firing range in Prague without trial. His body was cremated in the Strašnice crematorium in the Vinohrady cemetery , and the ashes were anonymously buried on the cemetery grounds.

For his life's work he was given the title “National Artist ” in memoriam and, post mortem , he was also awarded the Order of the White Lion “For Victory” and the Czechoslovak War Cross in 1939 by the President . Vančura's monument from the workshop of the architect Jindřich Czeniek stands in his native Háj ve Slezsku. The compatriot became an honorary citizen of the community in 1995.

Works (selection)

  • Pekař Jan Marhoul. Družstevní Práce, Prague, 1924
    • The baker Jan Marhoul. Translated from the Czech by Julius Mader. Illustrations: Toyen , typography and cover design: Ladislav Sutnar . Družstvení Práce, Prague 1937.
    • The baker Jan Marhoul. Roman (= Czech library ). Translated from the Czech by Peter Pont, with memories of Vladislav Vančura by Jaroslav Seifert and an afterword by Eckhard Thiele. DVA, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-421-05237-9 .
  • Pole orná a válečná. Družstevní Práce, Prague, 1925
    • Fields and battlefields . Translation of Kristina Kallert. Afterword by Jiřý Holý. Arco, Wuppertal 2017, ISBN 978-3-938375-70-9
  • Rozmarné léto. Odeon, Prague, 1926
    • Capricious summer. Translated by Gustav Just, illustrated by Horst Bartsch. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1971.
  • Markéta Lazarová. 1931
    • The robber bride Margarete Lazar. 1937.
    • Robber ballad. 1962.
    • Marketa and Miklas. 1966.
  • Kubula a Kuba Kubikula (children's book). 1931
    • Peterpetz and Peter Petermichel. Translated by Eva Švorčíková, illustrated by Zdeněk Miler. Atria, Prague 1963.
    • Kubula and Kuba Kubikula. Illustrated by Jan Jedlička, German by Jitka Bodláková. Sauerländer, Aarau / Frankfurt am Main 1971.

Filmography

Literary source (selection)
  • 1967: Marketa Lazarová ( Marketa Lazarová , director: František Vláčil ).
  • 1968: A moody summer ( Rozmarné léto , director: Jiří Menzel ).
  • 1970: Three weak hours ( Luk královny dorotky )
  • 1989: End of the old days ( Konec starých časů )
Director
  • 1932: Before graduation ( Před maturitou ), together with Svatopluk Innemann
  • 1934: Marijka, the infidelity ( Marijka nevěrnice )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Václav Stehlík: Stari Friday Men Novodobí a Zpátečníci! , online at: vasevec.parlamentnilisty.cz / ...

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personal data
SURNAME Vančura, Vladislav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer, playwright, film director and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Háj ve Slezsku
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1942
Place of death Kobylisy