Egon Khostovsky ( Czech. Egon Hostovský , April 23, 1908 ; Gronov , Hradec Králové Region - May 7, 1973 , Montclair , New Jersey ) - Czech writer.
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Biography
From a Jewish family, son of the owner of a textile factory. Relative of the writer Stefan Zweig . He did not follow in the footsteps of his father, carried away by literature. He studied philosophy in Prague , then in Vienna , the course never finished. Returning to Prague in 1930 , he worked part-time at various publishing houses. Since 1937 he served in various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . He spent the war years in Brussels , Paris , Lebanon , and New York . His family died in Nazi concentration camps.
After the war he returned to Czechoslovakia. In 1948 , when the Communists came to power in the country, he left through the diplomatic line to Denmark, Norway, and from there in 1949 to the USA. He taught Czech, published as a writer, collaborated with Radio Free Europe . Recent years he wrote in English.
In 1974, the writer’s widow established a prize in his name.
Artwork
As a writer in the early years he was influenced by expressionism . At home, Khostovsky’s books were banned until the velvet revolution .
Publications
- 1926 - Zavřené dveře / Locked door (storybook)
- 1928 - Stezka podél cesty / Path along the road (psychological novel)
- 1928 - Gheto v nich / Ghetto in them
- 1930 - Danajský dar / Gift of Danians
- 1932 - Případ profesora Körnera / Case of Professor Körner
- 1933 - Černá tlupa / Black Tulip
- 1935 - Žhář
- 1941 - Listy z vyhnanství / Letters from Exile
- 1942 - Sedmkrát v hlavní úloze (novel)
- 1943 - Úkryt
- 1947 - Cizinec hledá byt / Foreigner looking for an apartment
- 1957 - Nezvěstný / Unknown (spy novel)
- 1954 - Půlnoční pacient / Midnight Patient (spy novel, filmed by Henri Georges Clouseau called Spies ).
- 1957 - Dobročinný večírek
- 1961 - Všeobecné spiknutí / General conspiracy (autobiography)
- 1964 - Tři noci / Three Nights (novel)
- 1972 - Epidemie / Epidemic (short story)
- 1972 - Osvoboditel se vrací / The Liberator Returns (drama)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118775022 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
Literature
- Sturm R. Egon Hostovský: vzpomínky, studie a dokumenty o jeho díle a osudu. Toronto: Nakladatelství 68, 1974
- Svoboda J. Spisovatel Egon Hostovský. Ostrava: Item, 1992
- Papoušek V. Hostovský: člověk v uzavřeném prostoru. Praha: H & H, 1996
- Sádlo V. Egon Hostovský a rodný kraj. Liberec: Bor, 2007.
Links
- Egon Khostovsky on the IMDB website
- [1] (unavailable link) (Russian)