Jiří Marek (Josef Jiří Puchwein) (30 May 1914, in
Prague
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– 10 December 1994, in Prague) was a
Czech
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writer, educator, journalist and screenwriter.
[Adamovič, Ivan; NNeff, Ondřej. Slovník české literární fantastiky a science fiction. Praha : R3, 1995. . Chapter "Marek, Jiří", p. 144] In 1965 he was a member of the jury at the
4th Moscow International Film Festival
The 4th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1965. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film ''War and Peace (film series), War and Peace'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and the Hungarian film ''Twenty Hours'' di ...
.
Books
* ''Pečeť věrnosti'' (1944)
* ''Vstup do strany'' (1952)
* ''Pionýr Feďa'' (1953)
* ''Střelnice'' (1962)
* ''Blažený věk'' (1968)
* ''Můj strýc Odysseus'' (1974)
* ''Muži jdou v tmě'' (1946)
* ''Vesnice pod zemí'' (1949)
* ''Pohádky vzhůru nohama'' (1958)
* ''Autopohádky'' ("Car Fairy Tales") (1965)
** From ''
The Princess Who Never Smiled'' in Marek's car world: "Once upon the time there lived three Kings: King of petroleum, King of gasoline, and automobile King..." His Petroleumness had a princess who never smiled. The hero of the story is Vendelín the Car Mechanic whose car had all superb equipment, "not to say about
pedestrian catcher".
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**In 1983 a German comedy film based on the stories was produced by ]["Autopohádky - příběhy, které spojuje řev i duše motorů"]
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**In 2004 the band Chinaski
Henry Charles "Hank" Chinaski is the literary alter ego of the American writer Charles Bukowski, appearing in five of Bukowski's novels, a number of his short stories and poems, and the films '' Barfly'' and ''Factotum''. Although much of Chinask ...
with the participation of Jiří Lábus
Jiří Lábus (born 26 January 1950) is a Czech actor, comedian and voice actor.
Career
Jiří Lábus was born on 26 January 1950 in Prague. From a young age, Jiří Lábus was fascinated by theatre and cinema, often attending performances and l ...
and Lucie Bílá
Lucie Bílá (born Hana Zaňáková on 7 April 1966) is a Czech pop singer. According to her label, EMI Czech Republic, the singer has sold over one million albums. She won the Czech musical award, Český slavík, 13 times, more than any other ...
released a double audio CD, with three fairy tales, and 8 songs
**In 2011, a CD with 4 animated films was released, with three based on the original Marek's stories, the fourth being a new one. Music is by Chinaski and the narrator is , the frontman of Chinaski.["Autopohádky přijíždějí"]
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* ''Panoptikum starých kriminálních příběhů'' (1968)
* ''Panoptikum hříšných lidí'' (1971)
* ''Panoptikum Města pražského'' (1979)
* ''OK 096 se nehlásí'' (1979)
* ''Sůl země 1, 2'' (1981)
* ''Psí hvězda Sirius aneb láskyplné vyprávěnky o psech'' (1982)
* ''Tristan aneb O lásce'' (1985)
* ''Čas lásky a nenávisti'' (1986)
Filmography
*''The Sinful People of Prague
''The Sinful People of Prague'' () was a Czechoslovak television programme which was first broadcast in 1968. The programme was written and directed by Jiří Sequens. The thirteen-part series is an adaptation of Jiří Marek's short stories fro ...
''
*''Panoptikum města pražského
''Panoptikum města pražského'' was a Czechoslovak television programme which was first broadcast on April 2, 1988. The programme was written by Jiří Marek and directed by Antonín Moskalyk. It is a sequel to '' The Sinful People of Prague'' ...
''.
References
1914 births
1994 deaths
Czech journalists
Czech screenwriters
Czech male screenwriters
Writers from Prague
Czechoslovak screenwriters
Czechoslovak journalists
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