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Czech State Award For Literature
The Czech State Award for Literature ( cs, Státní cena za literaturu) is an award given by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. The Czech State Award for Literature is awarded for an original literary work in Czech published during the preceding year or in recognition of a lifetime's work of excellence. The prize consists of a certificate and 300,000 CZK The koruna, or crown, ( sign: Kč; code: CZK, cs, koruna česká) has been the currency of the Czech Republic since 1993. The koruna is one of the European Union's 9 currencies, and the Czech Republic is legally bound to adopt the euro curre .... It is awarded each year on 28 October along with the Czech State Award for Translation. Laureates Czech State Award for Literature See also * List of Czech literary awards References {{Authority control Czech literary awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Culture (Czech Republic)
The Ministry of Culture (Czech language: ''Ministerstvo kultury České republiky'') of the Czech Republic was established in 1969. See also *Ministry of Culture External links * Czech Republic Czech Republic Culture Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to: *Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania) * Ministry of Culture (Algeria) *Ministry of Culture (Argentina) *Minister for the Arts (Australia) *Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan) * Ministry of ... Ministries established in 1969 1969 establishments in Czechoslovakia {{culture-ministry-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvík Vaculík
Ludvík Vaculík (23 July 1926 – 6 June 2015) was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent samizdat writer, he was best known as the author of the " Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968. Pre-1968 President of Czechoslovakia and Communist Party leader Antonín Novotný and his fellow conservatives had begun taking a more repressive approach toward intellectuals and writers after the Six-Day War of June 1967. The following month, Vaculík, then still a member of the Communist Party, attended the Fourth Congress of the Union of Writers. Others in attendance included communist party members Pavel Kohout, Ivan Klíma, and Milan Kundera, as well as non-Party member Václav Havel. Vaculík made an inflammatory speech in which he rejected the leading role of the party as unnecessary and criticized it for its restrictive cultural policies and failure to address social issues.Crampton, ''Eastern Europe'', 323. Havel recalled the mixed re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Diviš
Ivan Diviš (18 September 1924, in Prague – 7 April 1999, in Prague) was a significant Czech poet and essayist of the second half of the 20th century. Biography He was born in Prague into the family of a bank officer. While at high school in Prague during World War II he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Pečkárna and Pankrác Prison, Pankrác. From 1942, he worked in a bookstore, and at the end of the war he was employed at publisher V. Petr. After passing his ''Matura, maturita'' he studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague, Charles University (1945–1949). In the early 1950s, he worked as a corrector at the Communist Rudé právo newspaper. After 1953, he worked a lathe in Liberec and Prague-Kbely. In the 1960s, he was an editor at Mladá fronta (company), Mladá fronta publishing house. In 1964, he converted to Catholic Church, Roman Catholicism. In the aftermath of the Prague Spring, he emigrated to West Germany in 1969 and worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Juliš
Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *'' Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *'' Emil and the Detectives'' (1929), a children's novel *"Emil", nickname of the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated text and illustration (1982–1999) *'' Emil i Lönneberga'', a series of children's novels by Astrid Lindgren Military * Emil (tank), a Swedish tank developed in the 1950s * Sturer Emil, a German tank destroyer People * Emil (given name), including a list of people with the given name ''Emil'' or ''Emile'' * Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer Other * ''Emile'' (film), a Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai * Emil (river), in China and Kazakhstan See also * * * Aemilius (other) *Emilio (other) *Emílio (other) *Emilios (other) Emilios, or Aimilios, (Greek: Αιμίλιο ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Jankovič
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimír Macura
Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukrainian version of the name * Włodzimierz (given name) for the Polish version of the name * Valdemar for the Germanic version of the name * Wladimir for an alternative spelling of the name Places * Vladimir, Russia, a city in Russia * Vladimir Oblast, a federal subject of Russia * Vladimir-Suzdal, a medieval principality * Vladimir, Ulcinj, a village in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro * Vladimir, Gorj, a commune in Gorj County, Romania * Vladimir, a village in Goiești Commune, Dolj County, Romania * Vladimir (river), a tributary of the Gilort in Gorj County, Romania * Volodymyr (city), a city in Ukraine Religious leaders * Metropolitan Vladimir (other), multiple * Jovan Vladimir (d. 1016), ruler of Doclea and a saint of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Škvorecký
Josef Škvorecký (; September 27, 1924 – January 3, 2012) was a Czech-Canadian writer and publisher. He spent half of his life in Canada, publishing and supporting banned Czech literature during the communist era. Škvorecký was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1980. He and his wife were long-time supporters of Czech dissident writers before the fall of communism in that country. Škvorecký's fiction deals with several themes: the horrors of totalitarianism and repression, the expatriate experience, and the miracle of jazz. Life Born the son of a bank clerk in Náchod, Czechoslovakia, Škvorecký graduated in 1943 from the Reálné '' gymnasium'' in his native Náchod. He had a youthful love-affair with jazz and was an amateur tenor saxophone player in the period just prior to the Second World War, an experience he drew upon for his novella ''The Bass Saxophone'' (1967). For two years during the War he was a slave labourer in a Messerschmitt aircr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Šiktanc
Karel Šiktanc (10 July 1928 – 26 December 2021) was a Czech poet and children's writer. Biography Šiktanc was born in Hřebeč in Kladno District. He published his first poetry collection ''Tobě, živote!,'' in 1951. Over the next seven decades, he published dozens of other collections of poetry, as well as many children's books. He also translated works by Boris Pasternak, Boris Slutsky and Yevgeny Yevtushenko into Czech and wrote dozens of television screenplays. He died in Prague at the age of 93. Awards In 2000, he received the Czech State Award for Literature for his poetry collection ''Šarlat'' (1999). He is a two-time winner of the Jaroslav Seifert Prize for his collections ''Srdce svého nejez'' (1989) and ''Nesmír'' (2011). He won the Magnesia Litera award for ''Zimoviště'' in 2004 and was nominated for the same prize for ''Nesmír'' in 2011. In 2010, he received the Czech Medal of Merit (Czech Republic), Medal of Merit. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Siktan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Květa Legátová
Květa Legátová, born Věra Hofmanová (3 November 1919 – 22 December 2012) was a Czech novelist and writer whose work spanned a period from the 1950s to the 2000s. Her best known work, a 2001 collection of short stories and essays entitled "''Želary''," and her 2002 book, "''Jozova Hanule''," were adapted into the 2003 film, ''Želary''. The film received an 2004 Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F .... Born in Podolí, Legátová died on 22 December 2012 at the age of 93. Bibliography *''Korda Dabrová'' (1961) – childbook *''Želary'' (2001) – short stories *''Jozova Hanule'' (2002) – novel *''Návraty do Želar'' (2005) *''Nic není tak prosté'' (2006) References 1919 births 2012 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Kabeš
Petr Kabeš (21 June 1941 in Pardubice – 9 July 2005 in Prague) was a Czech poet. Biography Kabeš was born in Pardubice and studied at the Prague University of Economics and Business. He published his first collection ''Čáry na dlani'' in 1961. Two more books followed: ''Zahrady na boso'' (1963) and ''Mrtvá sezona'' (1968). His next collection ''Odklad krajiny'' was made in 1970 but the entire print was destroyed before release and Kabeš was subsequently banned until 1989. During the years of the publication ban, he worked as a weather observer at Milešovka and night watchman. He was a signatory of Charter 77. In 1995, he was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Prize The Jaroslav Seifert Prize (Czech: Cena Jaroslava Seiferta) is a prestigious Czech literary prize created by the Charta 77 Foundation in Stockholm in January 1986. This prize is named after the Nobel Prize–winning Czechoslovak writer, poet and j ..., presented by the , for his book ''Pěší věc''. He receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Brycz
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname * Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian * Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabeth Pavel (born 1990), Romanian basketball player *Ernst Pavel, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s * Harry Pavel (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian * Marcel Pavel (born 1959), Romanian folk singer * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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