Alena Vostrá

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.

Alena Vostrá
Born(1938-05-17)17 May 1938
Died15 April 1992(1992-04-15) (aged 53)
Prague
NationalityCzech
Alma materCzech Technical University in Prague
GenreFiction, Fairy tales
SpouseJaroslav Vostrý

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.[2][3] Vostrá started to publish in 1963 and won a state prize for her first book aimed at adults, Bůh z reklamy.[3] She graduated in 1966.[1]

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.[1][2]

Bibliography

Novels
  • Vodní bubláček Tarabka
  • Kdo nevěří, ať tam jede[4]
  • Co dělá vítr, když nefouká[5]
  • Pepibubu[6]
  • Kouzelný oblázek[7]
  • U nás ve Švandaluzii
  • Bůh z reklamy transl. "The god from the advert" (1964)[3]
  • Vlažná vlna transl. "Cool wave" (1966)[3]
  • Všema čtyřma očima[8] transl. "With all four eyes" (1982)[3]
  • Než dojde k vraždě transl. "Before someone gets murdered" (1985)[3]
  • Výbuch bude v šest transl. "The explosion will be at six" (1985)[3][9]
  • Tanec na ledě transl. "Dance on ice" (1988)[3]
  • Médium[10] (1991)[3]
  • Benedikt Sluhou Barona Prasila transl. "Benedict the servant of Baron Münchhausen" (1997, posthumous)[3]

Plays
  • Na koho to slovo padne transl. "Eeny meeny miney mo" (1967)[3]
  • Na ostří nože transl. "On a knife-edge" (1968)[3]

References
  1. Brožová, Věra (1998). "Alena Vostrá". Slovník české literatury po r. 1945 (in Czech). Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  2. "Alena Vostrá: Prosím, jen vážně. Láska přes inzerát v psychologické komedii se Milenou Steinmasslovou, Janou Paulovou a Františkem Němcem". Dvojka (in Czech). 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  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. doi:10.1179/174582107x235429. ISSN 1479-0963.
  4. Vostrá, Alena (2013). Kdo nevěří, ať tam jede. Jana Štěpánová (Vyd. 2., V nakl. Artur 1 ed.). Praha: Artur. ISBN 978-80-7483-016-7. OCLC 867822490.
  5. Vostrá, Alena (2000). Co dělá vítr, když nefouká. Helena Zmatlíková (Vyd. 2., V nakl. Artur 1 ed.). Praha: Artur. ISBN 80-86216-07-1. OCLC 85006879.
  6. Vostrá, Alena (2001). Pepibubu : vypráví jedno nepovedené strašidlo. Helena Zmatlíková (2., upr. vyd., V nakl. Artur 1 ed.). Praha: Artur. ISBN 80-86216-18-7. OCLC 50341388.
  7. Vostrá, Alena (2000). Kouzelný oblázek. Helena Zmatlíková (Vyd. 2., V nakl. Artur 1 ed.). Praha: Artur. ISBN 80-86216-06-3. OCLC 85006874.
  8. Vostra, Alena (1990). Vsema ctyrma ocima. Praha: Albatros. ISBN 80-00-00231-0. OCLC 224366183.
  9. Vostrá, Alena (2003). Výbuch bude v šest. Vladimír Jiránek (Vyd. 2., (V nakladatelství Artur 1.) ed.). Praha: Artur. ISBN 80-86216-34-9. OCLC 56871551.
  10. Vostrá, Alena (1991). Médium (Vyd. 1 ed.). Praha: Československý spisovatel. ISBN 80-202-0268-4. OCLC 26447165.


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