Ota Filip

Ota Filip (9 March 1930 – 2 March 2018)[1] was a Czech novelist and journalist. He wrote in both German and Czech.

Ota Filip
Ota Filip, photo by Ota Filip, 1997
Born(1930-03-09)9 March 1930
Ostrava, Chechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic)
Died2 March 2018(2018-03-02) (aged 87)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
OccupationNovelist, Journalist, Essayist, Translator
NationalityGerman
GenreFiction, non-fiction, satire, essay, literature, political commentary, social commentary, literary criticism
Spouse
Marie Ledvinová
(m. 1953)
ChildrenPavel, Hana

Life

Filip was born in Slezská Ostrava, in present-day Czech Republic. His novels have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish and Polish. During the communist era government of Czechoslovakia his works were banned or censored by the authorities, and after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact Armed Forces in 1968, he was sentenced for his dissident activities, and incarcerated from 1969–71. He moved to Germany in 1974.[2]

Filip was awarded the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize for German writing by a non-native German speaker.[3]

On 28 October 2012, on the anniversary of the founding of the First Czechoslovak Republic, Czech President Vaclav Klaus awarded Filip a National Medal of Merit in Fine Arts.[4]

Selected works

  • Cesta ke hřbitovu, Profil, Ostrava, 1968
  • Blázen ve městě, Konfrontace, Curych, 1975; Profil, Ostrava, 1991
  • Nanebevstoupení Lojzka Lapáčka ze Slezské Ostravy, Edice Petlice, sv. č. 28, Prague, 1974; Český spisovatel, Prague, 1994
  • Poskvrněné početí, 68 Publishers, Toronto, 1976; Západočeské nakladatelství, 1990
  • A Letter for the Dragon Slayer, Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim, 1976
  • Valdštýn a Lukrecie, 68 Publishers, Toronto, 1979
  • Děda a dělo, Host, Brno, 1989
  • Touha po Procidě, Česky nevyšlo, Brno, 1991
  • Kavárna Slavia, Český spisovatel, Prague, 1993
  • Sedmý životopis, Host, Brno, 2000
  • Sousedé a ti ostatní, Host, Brno, 2003
  • 77 obrazů z ruského domu - Román o velké, ztroskotané lásce a vzniku abstraktního umění, Barrister & Principal, Brno, 2004
  • Osmý čili nedokončený životopis, Host, Brno, 2007

References

Bibliography

  • Jan Kubica, Spisovatel Ota Filip, Větrné mlýny (Prague) 2012, ISBN 9788074430466
  • Verspätete Abrechnungen von Ota Filip, mit einem Beitrag von Walter Schmitz sowie einer Bibliografie. Dresden: Thelem, 2012. (veröffentlichte 9. Dresdner Chamisso-Poetikvorlesungen)
  • "Verspätete Abrechnungen / Ota Filip ; mit einem Beitrag von Walter Schmitz sowie einer Bibliografie. - SearchWorks (SULAIR)". Searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  • Kliems, Alfrun: Im Stummland: Zum Exilwerk von Libuse Moníková, Jirí Grusa und Ota Filip, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2003
  • Massum Faryar, Fenster zur Zeitgeschichte: Eine monographische Studie zu Ota Filip und seinem Werk, Berlin: Mensch-und-Buch-Verl., 2005
  • Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur. Hrsg. v. Heinz Ludwig Arnold. München: edition text + kritik
  • Jiří Hanuš, Malý slovník osobností českého katolicismu 20. století s antologií textů, Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, Brno 2005. ISBN 80-7325-029-2.
  • Josef Tomeš a kol., Český biografický slovník XX. století I. A-J. Paseka, Prague ; Litomyšl 1999. ISBN 80-7185-245-7
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