Alena Vostrá Explained

Alena Vostrá
Birth Date:1938 5, df=y
Death Place:Prague
Nationality:Czech
Alma Mater:Czech Technical University in Prague
Genre:Fiction, Fairy tales
Spouse:Jaroslav Vostrý

Alena Vostrá (May 17, 1938, Prague – April 15, 1992, Prague) was a Czech novelist.[1] [2] [3] One of her most popular works was A Matter of Days.

She was born as Rozená Obdržálková in Prague and in 1956, after graduating from the high school, studied engineering at Czech Technical University in Prague for two semesters, then stopped and started her studies at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU). In 1960, she was expelled for "individualism", but she was eventually allowed to continue with her studies. In 1962, she started to specialize in dramaturgy. In 1963, she married the author Jaroslav Vostrý. Vostrá started to publish in 1963 and won a state prize for her first book aimed at adults, Bůh z reklamy. She graduated in 1966.

Alena Vostrá wrote mainly theater pieces and screenplays, as well as fiction and fairy tales for children. In the theater pieces, her characters often encounter the grotesque reality of life. In prose, she often underlines connections between seemingly unimportant things.

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Novels

Plays

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alena Vostrá. Brožová. Věra . 1998. Slovník české literatury po r. 1945. Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR. Czech. 1 May 2012.
  2. Web site: 2022-04-18 . Alena Vostrá: Prosím, jen vážně. Láska přes inzerát v psychologické komedii se Milenou Steinmasslovou, Janou Paulovou a Františkem Němcem . 2023-03-09 . Dvojka . cs.
  3. Chitnis . Rajendra A. . 2007-05-01 . ‘Water Flows Even Under Ice’: The Fiction and Drama of Alena Vostrá . Central Europe . 5 . 1 . 89–109 . 10.1179/174582107x235429 . 1479-0963.
  4. Book: Vostrá, Alena . Kdo nevěří, ať tam jede . 2013 . Artur . Jana Štěpánová . 978-80-7483-016-7 . Vyd. 2., V nakl. Artur 1 . Praha . 867822490.
  5. Book: Vostrá, Alena . Co dělá vítr, když nefouká . 2000 . Artur . Helena Zmatlíková . 80-86216-07-1 . Vyd. 2., V nakl. Artur 1 . Praha . 85006879.
  6. Book: Vostrá, Alena . Pepibubu : vypráví jedno nepovedené strašidlo . 2001 . Artur . Helena Zmatlíková . 80-86216-18-7 . 2., upr. vyd., V nakl. Artur 1 . Praha . 50341388.
  7. Book: Vostrá, Alena . Kouzelný oblázek . 2000 . Artur . Helena Zmatlíková . 80-86216-06-3 . Vyd. 2., V nakl. Artur 1 . Praha . 85006874.
  8. Book: Vostra, Alena . Vsema ctyrma ocima . 1990 . Albatros . 80-00-00231-0 . Praha . 224366183.
  9. Book: Vostrá, Alena . Výbuch bude v šest . 2003 . Artur . Vladimír Jiránek . 80-86216-34-9 . Vyd. 2., (V nakladatelství Artur 1.) . Praha . 56871551.
  10. Book: Vostrá, Alena . Médium . 1991 . Československý spisovatel . 80-202-0268-4 . Vyd. 1 . Praha . 26447165.

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