Josef Skružný

Josef Skružný ( born March 15, 1871 in Prague, † May 12, 1948 ) was a Czech satirical writer, stage and screenwriter.

Skružný first worked as an editor of the very popular humorous magazine " Humoristické listy ". As a writer he was next to the author of satirical novels and short stories. He also wrote numerous popular plays, many of which were filmed in the 1920s and 1930s.

Skružný was friendly with many well-known Czech writers and satirists that formed before the First World War, a bohemian district of Prague, including Josef Mach, František Langer and Jaroslav Hašek.

Later Skružný extreme anti-Communist and collaborated during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Germans. His son, Roman Skružný (1932-2004) was a well known neo-Nazi.

Works (selection)

  • Ptačí mozky. (20 tisic za Karličku ). Fraska o Trech dějstvích. 1907
  • Dlouhy, Široký a Bystrozraký. 1907
  • Darebák. Veselohra o 1 jedn. 1910
  • Spodničky. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1910
  • Menažerie. 1916
  • Deklamace. 1918
  • Ferdinand SPI. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1918
  • Romanek na horach. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1918
  • Zlodějské humoresky. 1919
  • Macíčkova dovolená. Veselohra o 3 Dej. 1922
  • Útek z kriminálu. Humoristický román. 1923
  • Urážky na cti. Humoresky. 1924
  • Falesna Kočička. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1925
  • Stavka mládenců. Humoresky. 1925
  • Sňatkový Podvodnik. Veselohra o 3 aktech. 1925
  • Milenky starého kriminálníka. Veselohra o Trech dějstvích. 1927
  • Žabec. Veselohra o 3 dějstvích. 1928
  • Z mého notesu. 1930
  • Kotrmelec. 1933
  • Noc před rozvodem. Humoresky a satiry. 1933
  • Dvanáct set Denne. Humoresky a satiry. 1933
  • Deník Kačenky Strnadové služebné v Praze. 1934
  • Zeleny automobile. Romanek milionářovy dcery. 1934
  • Opičák. Fraska o 3 dějstvích. 1937
  • Salon krásy v Brčálovicích. Veselohra o 1 current. 1938
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