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Sisältää nimet: Jan Novak, Jan Novák, Jan Novák

Tekijän teokset

Zatopek (2016) 15 kappaletta
The Willys dream kit (1985) 9 kappaletta
Striptease Chicago (1983) 5 kappaletta
Grand Life, The (1987) 3 kappaletta
Tschechenkrieg (2019) 2 kappaletta
Samet a pára (1992) 2 kappaletta
Život mimo kategorie (2015) 2 kappaletta
So Far So Good (Life) (2017) 2 kappaletta

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The Garden Party: and Other Plays (1994) — Kääntäjä — 213 kappaletta

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Kanoninen nimi
Novák, Jan
Virallinen nimi
Novák, Jan
Syntymäaika
1953
Kansalaisuus
Czech Republic
Syntymäpaikka
Kolin, Czechoslovakia
Koulutus
Shimer College
University of Chicago (BA|MA)
Lyhyt elämäkerta
Jan Novák (b. 1953) is a Czech-American author, screenwriter and playwright. He has published extensively in both Czech and English, also translating numerous works of Vaclav Havel into English. His English-language novels include Commies, Crooks, Gypsies, Spooks, and Poets and The Willys Dream Kit. Novák received his undergraduate education at Shimer College, a small Great Books college in Illinois, and later at the University of Chicago, where he also completed his master's degree. Novák has received numerous awards for his work, including the Carl Sandburg Award and the Magnesia Litera award. (from Shimer College Wiki)

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Rudolf Vrba a Alfréd Wetzler. Dva vězni z Osvětimi, kterým byla přisouzena historická role utéct z koncentráku a podat světu svědectví o zvěrstvech páchaných v nacistických továrnách na smrt. Pravděpodobnost, že se jejich záměr zdaří, byla mizivá, ale nakonec byli uprchlíci přece jenom úspěšní. Když se dostali do bezpečí židovské komunity v Žilině, jejich pocit, že mají vyhráno, brzy vyprchal. Pochopili, že ani tady nejsou mezi svými a že jim hrozí smrt téměř jako v Osvětimi. A tak se Vrba s Wetzlerem ocitají opět na začátku své mise. Nikdo jim nevěří a jejich zprávu nebere svět dostatečně vážně. Přitom hrají o čas. Je totiž zapotřebí zastavit plánované židovské transporty, které mají doručit do vyhlazovacího tábora tisíce Židů… (fonte: csfd.cz)… (lisätietoja)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | Feb 25, 2022 |
Jan Novak was born and grew up in Czechoslovakia, in a Provincial Town of Thirty Thousand Souls. He frequently reminds us of this fact, with capital letters. There are many such capital letters in the book and if Egregiously Unnecessary and Pretentious Capitalization annoys you, this is not the book for you. Aside from this eccentric authorial quirk, the narrative of Novak's return to his native land with family in tow, in the wake of the collapse of Communism, is often interesting. The story of the lice epidemic is particularly memorable, with a surprising denouement.… (lisätietoja)
 
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muumi | Jul 24, 2019 |
Una storia di vita del ceco R.A.F. il pilota Josef Bryks, che ha avuto molte volte durante la seconda guerra mondiale nelle forze, ha messo a repentaglio la sua vita. Più tardi, nei captiviti, fu la salvezza di tutti, quando tentò di scappare dal campo sette volte. Il comunista di ritorno in Cecoslovacchia lo aveva ricompensato con il carcere e la schiavitù nelle miniere di uranio. In un questionario sui detenuti non ha dichiarato che si sarebbe pentito del suo servizio per il suo paese, ha appena detto: ho sopravvalutato l'anima ceca. Nel 1957 Jan Bryks, 41 anni, fu torturato a morte nel carcere di Jachymovov.… (lisätietoja)
 
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MemorialSardoShoahDL | Jan 21, 2019 |

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