Ivan Olbracht

Ivan Olbracht (actually Kamil Zeman; born January 6, 1882 in Semily, † December 20, 1952 in Prague) was a Czech writer, publicist, journalist and translator of German prose.

Life

Olbracht is the son of writer Antal Stasek (1843-1931); He studied from 1900 in Prague and Berlin law, then history and geography, all without a degree. In 1905 he first appeared as an editor of the Socialist Worker newspaper in Vienna in appearance, and later in Prague for the sheet " Pravo lidu ". In 1921 Olbracht joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. He worked as a journalist in the newspaper Pravo Rudé and was arrested twice due to his political work, sat in 1926 and 1928 ( in Prague prison Pankrác ). 1929, after he signed the Manifesto of the Seven as an initiator, he was expelled from the party.

Olbracht wrote next to his stories about the people in the Carpatho-Ukraine also reports on trips to the Soviet Union. His satirical short prose reflects the decline of the imperial Monarchy and the social relations in the Czechoslovak Republic. He also worked as a translator, such as the novels of B. Traven, Jakob Wassermann, Arnold Zweig, Lion Feuchtwanger and Thomas Mann.

Works

  • Anna, the girl from the countryside (orig. Anna Proletarka ). With a foreword by Franz Carl Weiskopf. From the Czech by Otto Katz. Universe Library for All, Berlin, 1929. ( Filmed by Karel Kachyňa under the title Hanele, Czech Republic 1999)
  • Once upon a time ...
  • The actor Jesenius
  • From the love of monarchy
  • The robber Nikolai Schuhaj (orig. Nikola Šuhaj loupežník )
  • From the sad eyes of Hana Karadzicova ( dramas, translated by August Scholtis ), Hamburg: Rowohlt 1990
  • The sad eyes ( short stories ), Stuttgart: DVA 2001
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