Jaroslav Rudiš
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Jaroslav Rudiš (born 8 June 1972 in
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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
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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 indie rock group (which is a semi-autobiographical motive). It was one of the most successful Czech books of recent years. For this novel he received
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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 ''Alois Nebel'' is a 2011 adult animated neo-noir drama film directed by Tomáš Luňák, based on the comic-book trilogy by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99. It is set in the late 1980s in a small village in the Jeseník Mountains, close to th ...
'', which was released in 2011.


Decorations

Awarded by Czech Republic * Medal of Merit (2024)


See also

*
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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 Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) {{CzechRepublic-writer-stub