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Pavel Hak (born 1962 in
Review of ''Sniper''
* www.pavelhak.co
Pavel Hak website
1962 births Living people People from Tábor 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists Czech male writers 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French male novelists 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers University of Paris alumni {{France-writer-stub
Pavel Hak (born 1962 in Tábor
Tábor (; german: Tabor) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.
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) is a Czech author. He lives in France and writes in French.
Career
Exiled to France in 1986, he studiedphilosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
at the Sorbonne. He writes in French. He has published six books, ''Safari'', ''Sniper'', ''Lutte à mort'', ''Trans'' (''Trans'' won the Prix Wepler
The prix Wepler is a French literary award established in 1998 at the initiative of the Abbesses Bookshop, with the support of the La Poste Foundation, and the Brasserie Wepler (Place Clichy, 18th arrondissement of Paris) and which distinguishes, ...
in 2006), ''Warax'' and ''Vomito negro'' though the second is the only one published in English translation. ''Sniper'' (2005) is a graphic account of genocide and torture in an unnamed country. It met with largely positive reviews on publication in the UK and the USA.
Bibliography
* ''Safari'' (novel), Tristram, 2001 * ''Sniper'' (novel), Tristram, 2002 * ''Lutte à mort'' (theatre), Tristram, 2004 * ''Trans'' (novel), Seuil, 2006 * ''Warax'' (novel), Seuil, 2009 * ''Vomito negro'' (novel), Verdier, 2011References
External links
Review of ''Sniper''
* www.pavelhak.co
Pavel Hak website
1962 births Living people People from Tábor 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists Czech male writers 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French male novelists 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers University of Paris alumni {{France-writer-stub