Josef Škvorecký
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 11 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 27,1924 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Nachod |
| Czechia | |
| Date of died | January 3,2012 |
| Died | Toronto |
| Canada | |
| Spouse | Zdena Salivarová |
| Job | Novelist |
| Publisher | |
| Movies/Shows | Rytmus v patách |
| End of a Priest | |
| Crime in a Music Hall | |
| Lost in Pajamas | |
| The Party and the Guests | |
| Tankový prapor | |
| Awards | Neustadt International Prize for Literature |
| Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction | |
| Arthur Ellis Awards for Best Short Story | |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada | |
| Nominations | Neustadt International Prize for Literature |
| Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction | |
| Education | Faculty of Arts |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 525349 |
The Cowards
The Engineer of Human Souls
The bass saxophone
The Miracle Game
Dvorak in love
The republic of whores
The bride of Texas
The swell season
The mournful demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka
The end of Lieutenant Boruvka
Prima sezóna
Sins for Father Knox
When Eve Was Naked: Stories of a Life's Journey
Miss Silver's Past
Headed for the blues
The return of Lieutenant Boruvka
Ordinary lives
Two murders in my double life
Lvíče
Talkin' Moscow blues
An inexplicable story, or, The narrative of Questus Firmus Siculus
Nápady čtenáře detektivek
All the bright young men and women
The tenor saxophonist's story
--Na tuhle bolest nejsou prášky
Das Mirakel. Ein politischer Krimi
Jiří Menzel and the History of the Closely Watched Trains
Iz života češkog druistva
Velká pov́idka o Americe, 1969
Příběh neúspěšného tenorsaxofonisty
Povídky tenorsaxofonisty
Bůh do domu
Divák v únorové noci
Hlas z Ameriky
Lwiątko
Franz Kafka, jazz a jiné marginálie
The Engineer of Human Souls
The bass saxophone
The Miracle Game
Dvorak in love
The republic of whores
The bride of Texas
The swell season
The mournful demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka
The end of Lieutenant Boruvka
Prima sezóna
Sins for Father Knox
When Eve Was Naked: Stories of a Life's Journey
Miss Silver's Past
Headed for the blues
The return of Lieutenant Boruvka
Ordinary lives
Two murders in my double life
Lvíče
Talkin' Moscow blues
An inexplicable story, or, The narrative of Questus Firmus Siculus
Nápady čtenáře detektivek
All the bright young men and women
The tenor saxophonist's story
--Na tuhle bolest nejsou prášky
Das Mirakel. Ein politischer Krimi
Jiří Menzel and the History of the Closely Watched Trains
Iz života češkog druistva
Velká pov́idka o Americe, 1969
Příběh neúspěšného tenorsaxofonisty
Povídky tenorsaxofonisty
Bůh do domu
Divák v únorové noci
Hlas z Ameriky
Lwiątko
Franz Kafka, jazz a jiné marginálie
Josef Škvorecký Life story
Josef Škvorecký CM was a Czech-Canadian writer and publisher. He spent half of his life in Canada, publishing and supporting banned Czech literature during the communist era. Škvorecký was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1980.
Josef Škvorecký Photos
