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Cliftonky
Leon Clifton ( cs, Léon Clifton) is a fictional detective, a protagonist of numerous Czech language detective story, detective stories of early 20th century. He is a brilliant American detective, master of disguise, capable to solve any mystery."Kdo byl vlastně Léon Clifton"(alshere Publications and authorship The stories, presented as authentic memoirs of an American detective translated from English, were initially published by Rudolf Storch (publisher) in Czechoslovakia during 1906-1911, 275 stories in total. Later publications (by other editors) were mostly either re-editions, or revised editions. These stories represented a phenomenon of Czech literature and were commonly known as ''cliftonky'' ("cliftonians", "Clifton tales"; singular: ''cliftonka''). The authorship of the stories is not well attested. The digital archive of Czech Academy of Sciences states that the only confirmed author of ''cliftonky'' was . Literary criticism Cliftonky were a popular leisure reading of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Foglar
Jaroslav Foglar (6 July 1907 – 23 January 1999) was a Czechoslovak writer who wrote many novels about youths (partly also about Boy Scouts movement) and their adventures in nature and dark city streets. His signature series is ''Rychlé šípy'', which was adapted into comics by Jan Fischer. Early life Foglar was born in 1907 and grew up in Prague. Because his father died prematurely he was brought up in rather poor material conditions by his mother. To earn some extra money young Slavik used to copy the popular detective stories, '' cliftonky'', earning 20 heller per copy. (This initially affected his literary style, and some of the first editions of his books were to be corrected later, to get rid of the literary slag.)Ivo FenclJežek v kleci. Rozhovor s Foglarem uprostřed osmdesátých let/ref> He was strongly influenced by romantic parts of Prague. All of the fictional towns in his novels are more or less derived from Prague. During the 1920s, Foglar was strongly influen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
