Bohumil Hrabal - Wikipedia
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. [1]
Bohumil Hrabal | Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet | Britannica
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.
The Violent Insights of Bohumil Hrabal | The New Yorker
Nov 19, 2019 · Is Hrabal’s neighbor really making such dramatic accusations, or is Hrabal hallucinating? Does the neighbor exist, or is he best understood as Hrabal’s contrition personified?
Bohumil Hrabal – the Sad King of Czech Literature – Prague Blog
Feb 3, 1997 · 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.
Bohumil Hrabal (Author of Too Loud a Solitude) - Goodreads
Feb 3, 1997 · About Bohumil Hrabal: Born in Brno-Židenice, Moravia, he lived briefly in Polná, but was raised in the Nymburk brewery as the manager's stepson. Hrabal...
Bohumil Hrabal – Wikipedie
Bohumil Hrabal, rozený Bohumil František Kilian [1] (28. března 1914 Židenice [2] – 3. února 1997 Praha) byl český prozaik, jeden z nejvýznamnějších a nejosobitějších českých spisovatelů druhé poloviny 20. století.
Bohumil Hrabal, the Writing Machine Who Couldn’t Stop
Dec 6, 2019 · Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997) was born in Moravia and started writing poems under the influence of French surrealism. In the early 1950s, he began to experiment with a stream-of-consciousness style, and eventually wrote such classics as Closely Watched Trains (made into an Academy Award-winning film directed by Jiri Menzel), The Death of Mr ...