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Hruška
Hruška (feminine Hrušková) is a Czech and Slovak occupational surname, which means a grower or seller of pears, from ''hruška'' ("pear").''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Hruska Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 21 January 2016. The name may refer to: *Aleš Hruška (born 1985), Czech footballer *David Hruška (born 1977), Czech ice hockey player *Franz Hruska (1888–1977), German politician *Jan Hruška (born 1975), Czech cyclist *Karel Hruška (1891–1966), Czech actor and singer *Květa Hrušková, Czech table tennis player *Laura Chapman Hruska (1935–2010), American writer and publisher *Luboš Hruška (born 1987), Czech footballer *Martin Hruška (born 1981), Czech footballer *Matúš Hruška (born 1994), Slovak footballer *Milan Hruška (born 1985), Slovak ice hockey player *Nina Hrušková-Bělská, Czech chess player *Petr Hruška (poet) (born 1964), Czech writer *Rachelle Hruska (born 1983), American businesswoman *Radim Hruška (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Hruška (poet)
Petr Hruška (born 7 June 1964) is a Czech poet, screenwriter, literary critic and academic. Life Hruška was born in Ostrava, a city known for coal-mining and steel production, and many of his poems reflect the industrial, working-class nature of the city, whose traditional industries have gone pear-shaped. He got his engineering degree (Ing.) at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava (he specialised in water purification, 1987), MA at the Faculty of Arts of University of Ostrava (1990–94, thesis "Contemporary Czech subculture prose and poetry") and Ph.D. at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno ("Postwar surrealism and the reaction to the momentum of the avant-garde model in the official poetry", 2003). He works at the Department of Czech Literature at Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno where he focuses on Czech post-1945 poetry. He co-authored the four-volume ''History of Czech literature 1945 – 1989'' (Dějiny české literatury 1945 – 1989), the second volume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |