Petr Stančík (; born 9 June 1968 in
Rychnov nad Kněžnou
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author, poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist and copywriter.
Life
Stančík’s parents are teachers. Petr Stančík graduated from secondary school in
Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...
in 1985. Until 1989 he performed many manual jobs. From 1989 to 1991 he studied directing at the
Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) in
Prague
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, but left the school. From 1992 to 1995 he worked as a TV director, and since 1995 he has been earning his living as an advertising copywriter and consultant. He is the chairman of the professional organization Czech Writers Syndicate (''Český spolek textařů'').
Work
The first publicly published text of Stančík was the essay ''Smrt živá'', which appeared in 1990 in the magazine ''Iniciály''. Up until the end of 2006 he usually published under the pseudonym ''Odillo Stradický ze Strdic''. His texts have been translated into Polish, Lithuanian and Albanian.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''Obojí pramen'' (NPDN 1993)
* ''Admirál čaje'' (Český spisovatel 1996)
* ''Zlomená nadkova'' (Petrov 1997)
* ''Fosfen'' (Petrov 2001)
* ''Pérák'' (Druhé město 2008)
* ''Mlýn na mumie'' (Druhé město 2014)
* ''Andělí vejce'' (Druhé město 2016) .
Poetry
* ''První kost božího těla'' (Petrov 1997)
* ''Zpěv motýlů'' (Petrov 1999)
* ''Černý revolver týdne'' (Petrov 2004)
* ''Virgonaut'' (Druhé město 2010)
Children's literature
* ''Mrkev ho vcucla pod zem'' (Meander 2013)
* ''Jezevec Chrujda točí film'' (Meander 2014)
Drama
* ''Svatá... svatá? svatá! Ludmila'' (Větrné mlýny 2002)
Literary science
* ''Ryby katedrál''. Anthology of 20th-century Czech Poetry in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (Petrov 2002)
* ''Orgie obraznosti''. Sborník ke třetímu výročí smrti Odilla Stradického ze Strdic (Krasoumná jednota 2009)
Represented in almanacs
* ''Lepě svihlí tlové'' (Petrov 2002)
* ''7edm'' (Theo 2006)
* ''Co to je toto?'' (Druhé město 2012)
* ''Miliónový časy. Povídky pro Adru'' (Argo 2014)
Literature
* Lubomír Machala - ''Průvodce po nových jménech české poezie a prózy 1990-1995'' (Rubico 1996)
* ''Antologie české poezie'' II. díl 1986–2006 (Dybbuk 2007)
External links
Czech Literature PortalWebsite of publishing house ''Druhé město''
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1968 births
Living people
People from Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Czech poets
Czech male poets
Czech novelists
Czech male novelists