Josef Škvorecký

Author, Publisher, Screenwriter, Prose Writer, Essay Writer, Translator, Publisher

Date of birth

27 September 1924

Place of birth

Náchod, Československo

Date of death

3 January 2012

Place of death

Toronto, Kanada

Alternative names

Josef Václav Škvorecký (rodné jméno), J. Mnata (pseudonym), Errol (pseudonym), Fred Errol (pseudonym), J. Kuráž (pseudonym), Josef Pepýt (pseudonym), Josef Vala (pseudonym), Vladimíra Burke (pseudonym), Vladislava Burke (pseudonym), Mary Novak (pseudonym), Daniel S. Miritz (pseudonym), J. Š. (šifra autora), jš (šifra autora), š-ý (šifra autora), E. (šifra autora), E. S. (šifra autora)

Filmography

Just a Little Bit of Jazz

1996

Based on

The Tank Battalion

1991

Based onWriter of Lyrics

The Cobweb

1986

Writer of Lyrics

Barrandov Nocturne, or How Film Danced and Sang

1984

Writer of Lyrics

The Singing Film

1972

Writer of Lyrics

Six Black-Haired Girls

1969

ScreenplayBased onShooting Script

A Flirt with Miss Stříbrná

1969

ScreenplayBased on

Crime in the Night-Club

1968

Original StoryScreenplayCast

Role: rektor

The End of a Priest

1968

Original StoryScreenplayCast

Role: profesor v televizi

Oratorio for Prague

1968

Narration Written by

The Ideas of a Detective-Story Reader

1966

Based on

The Party and the Guests

1966

Cast

Role: host

The Crime at the Girl’s School /The Crime at the Girl’s School/

1965

Based onScreenplay

How a Woman Bathes /The Crime at the Girl’s School/

1965

Based onScreenplay

Death at the Needle /The Crime at the Girl’s School/

1965

Based onScreenplay

Awards

Vítěz

Event: Ceny Společnosti pro vědy a umění 2009

2009
Praha / Czech Republic

Vítěz

Event: Anketa České televize – Největší Čech (nejvýznamnější osobnost Čech, Moravy a Slezska)

2005
Praha / Czech Republic

Vítěz

Event: Čestné občanství hlavního města Praha

1990
Praha / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Event: Čestné občanství města Náchod

1990
Náchod / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Event: Pamětní medaile k 70. výročí československé kinematografie

1968
Praha / Czechoslovakia

Revue

Never realised Czechoslovak sci-fi film scripts

The tradition of Czechoslovak sci-fi film and the complicated journey of Ikarie XB 1 both in its home country and abroad...

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