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Vladislav Vančura
Vladislav Vančura was a Czech writer. He was also active as a film director, playwright and screenwriter. A member of the Czech resistance during WWII, he was captured and executed by the Nazis.
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Born 23 June 1891 · Died 1 June 1942 · Q699619
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2024· 1 entry
1992· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class (1992).
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1967· 2 entries
The book was successfully filmed as Capricious Summer by the Czech director Jiří Menzel who also played the role of Arnoštek in this movie
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The book was successfully filmed by director František Vláčil
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1946· 1 entry
Awarded Národní umělec (1946).
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1942· 1 entry
Died 1942-06-01.
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1938· 1 entry
Rodina Horvátova ("Horvát Family"), a novel about life of three generations of a gentry family was published which did not attract any reader interest, due to the political crisis
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1934· 2 entries
Also, Vančura directed the film Marika Nevěrnice, from a story by Karel Nový and Ivan Olbracht
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Two other books were published: Luk královny Dorotky ("Bow of Little Queen Dorothy"), a collection of short stories and Konec starých časů ("End of the Old Times") a bestseller, satirical and humorous novel about the lif
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1931· 1 entry
The novel Markéta Lazarová was published and became a bestseller
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1930· 1 entry
In Aventinum Publishing House, Prague, was not very popular in its time; it is the most complicated of Vančura's novels, the genre of which lies between a detective novel and a tract on noetic theory
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1929· 1 entry
For signing the Manifesto of the Seven, nonetheless he continued to support the Communist Party
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1928· 1 entry
Vančura wrote his fourth novel, Poslední soud ("Last Judgement"), published in 1929 and built his new white functionalistic villa in Zbraslav designed by architect Jaromír Krejcar, the husband of Franz Kafka's friend, jo
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1925· 1 entry
Vančura published the novel Pole orná a válečná ("Fields of Plough, Fields of War") and the following year the novel Rozmarné léto ("Summer of Caprice"), became a bestseller
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1924· 2 entries
Dlouhý, Široký a Bystrozraký ("Long, Thick and Sharpsighted"), containing excellent texts like Cesta do světa (Journey to the World) or F
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Introduced him as a great author to the public
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1923· 1 entry
Vladislav published a book of short stories Amazonský proud ("Amazon Stream")
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1919· 1 entry
Vladislav returned to Prague to continue his university studies; from 1919–1920 he published many art reviews in daily newspaper České slovo ("The Czech Word")
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1917· 1 entry
The painter group Tvrdošíjní ("Stubborns") was founded by Josef Čapek, Jan Zrzavý, Václav Špála, Vlastimil Hofman, Bedřich Feuerstein, Zdeněk Rykr and other close friends of Vladislav
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1912· 1 entry
Studied privately at home and completed the exams of 4th and 5th class of the gymnasium
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1911· 1 entry
Studied the technology of photography in Prague and also began courses at Arts and Crafts School; he was unsuccessful in his attempt to enter the Royal Academy of Arts and start a career as a painter
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1910· 1 entry
By a consilium abeundi because of his membership in a secret student club
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1907· 1 entry
Vladislav entered the Royal Gymnasium in Prague Malá Strana, but problems with school routine and pedantry of professors made him leave the next year
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1905· 1 entry
And his older sisters moved to Prague to study there; Vladislav entered the fifth class of Primary School in Josefská Street
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1896· 1 entry
The family moved to Davle, where they lived in a large country house
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1891· 1 entry
Born 1891-06-23.
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