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   Bohumil Hrabal (Czech pronunciation: [ˈboɦumɪl ˈɦrabal]; 28 March 1914 – 3 February 1997) was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century.

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3. www.newyorker.com › books › under-reviewThe Violent Insights of Bohumil Hrabal | The New Yorker

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   Nov 19, 2019 · The Violent Insights of Bohumil Hrabal. How the Czech master exposed the animal within us. By Becca Rothfeld. November 19, 2019. This fall brings two new translations of Bohumil Hrabal’s work,...

4. www.britannica.com › biography › Bohumil-HrabalBohumil Hrabal | Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet | Britannica

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Bohumil Hrabal was a Czech author of comic, nearly surreal tales about poor workers, eccentrics, failures, and nonconformists. In his youth Hrabal was influenced by a highly talkative uncle who arrived for a two-week visit and stayed 40 years.

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5. cs.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bohumil_HrabalBohumil Hrabal – Wikipedie

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   Bohumil Hrabal, rozený Bohumil František Kilian (28. března 1914 Židenice – 3. února 1997 Praha) byl český prozaik, jeden z nejvýznamnějších a nejosobitějších českých spisovatelů druhé poloviny 20. století.

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7. www.private-prague-guide.com › article › bohumil-hrabalBohumil Hrabal – the Sad King of Czech Literature – Prague Blog

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   Feb 3, 1997 · Learn about the life and works of Bohumil Hrabal, a renowned Czech writer known for his humor, absurdity and pábitel characters. Discover his early years, his surrealist and total realist phases, his jobs, his novels and his mysterious death.

8. lithub.com › bohumil-hrabal-of-beer-whores-andBohumil Hrabal: Of Beer, Whores, and Samizdat ‹ Literary Hub

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   Jun 30, 2015 · A tribute to the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, who chronicled the changes in his country from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Velvet Revolution. The article explores his themes of nostalgia, modernity, and humor through his novels Cutting It Short and The Little Town Where Time Stood Still.

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   Who was Bohumil Hrabal?

   • March 28, 1914, Brno, Czech. Bohumil Hrabal (born March 28, 1914, Brno, Czech.—died Feb. 3, 1997, Prague) was a Czech author of comic, nearly surreal tales about poor workers, eccentrics, failures, and nonconformists. In his youth Hrabal was influenced by a highly talkative uncle who arrived for a two-week visit and stayed 40 years.

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   What happened to Bohumil Hrabal?

   • Suicide or accident? When Bohumil Hrabal either jumped or fell from a fifth floor window of Prague’s Bulovka Hospital while feeding pigeons at 2:30 p. m. on February 3, 1997, it marked the end of a phenomenal literary career spanning six decades and contributing enormously to Czech culture.

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   What happened to Hrabal?

   • By the time of my arrival, Hrabal—the greatest Czech novelist since Jaroslav Hašek (which is to say, since World War I)—had been dead for four years, after falling out of a hospital window while feeding the pigeons (though many who told me their Hrabal stories—and everyone told Hrabal stories—claimed that the writer had been depressed and jumped).

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   What is Hrabal best known for?

   • His best-known work is his most conventional in form: the novel Ostře sledované vlaky (1964; Closely Watched Trains ), in which a youth’s comic problems end with heroic martyrdom. Hrabal subsequently adapted the work as a screenplay, which won the 1967 Academy Award for best foreign film.

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10. lithub.com › the-czech-writer-remembers-what-itBohumil Hrabal, the Writing Machine Who Couldn’t Stop

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    Dec 6, 2019 · A Czech writer remembers his early passion for literature and writing, his influences, his war experiences, and his quest for truth and beauty. Read his autobiographical essay on how he became a poetic chronicler of reality and a witness to his own life.