Jaroslav Rudiš (born 8 June 1972 in
Turnov
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) is a
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writer, journalist and musician.
Rudiš became known after publishing his first novel ''
Nebe pod Berlínem'' ("The Sky under Berlin") in 2002, the tale of a Czech teacher who chooses to leave his job and to start a new life in
Berlin
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, where he plays music in the underground, which – along with the ghosts of suicide jumpers – gains almost mystical importance to him, and joins an
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rock group (which is a semi-autobiographical
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). It was one of the most successful Czech books of recent years. For this novel he received
Jiří Orten Award.
His collaboration with draughtsman Jaromír 99 led to the publication of three closely connected
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s taking place among railway employees, Bílý potok ("White Brook", 2003), Hlavní nádraží ("Central Station", 2004) and Zlaté hory ("Golden Hills"). The trilogy has been adapted into an animated feature film, ''
Alois Nebel'', which was released in 2011.
See also
*
List of Czech writers
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A
* Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer
* Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist
* Karel Slavoj Amerling, also known ...
References
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Profil autora: Jaroslav Rudiš (literární.cz)Jaroslav Rudiš (iliteratura.cz)
1972 births
Living people
Czech male writers
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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