Josef Skvorecký(1924-2012)

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Actor

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Josef Skvorecký

Josef Skvorecký was born on 27 September 1924 in Nachod, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Sest cerných dívek aneb Proc zmizel Zajíc? (1969), The End of a Priest (1969) and Zlocin v dívcí skole (1966). He was married to Zdena Skvorecka. He died on 3 January 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Sest cerných dívek aneb Proc zmizel Zajíc? (1969)

Sest cerných dívek aneb Proc zmizel Zajíc?

5.3

Writer

1969

The End of a Priest (1969)

The End of a Priest

7.2

Writer

1969

Zlocin v dívcí skole (1966)

Zlocin v dívcí skole

6.7

Writer

1966

Marie Drahokoupilová and Jan Kacer in A Flirt with Miss Stribrna (1969)

A Flirt with Miss Stribrna

6.7

Writer

1969

Credits

Writer

Rytmus v patách
6.6
TV Movie
- short story
- 2010
Setkání v Praze, s vrazdou
5.2
TV Movie
- novel
- 2009
Prípady detektivní kanceláre Ostrozrak
7.0
TV Series
- novel
- 2000
Legenda Emöke
8.0
TV Movie
- book
- 1998
Poe a vrazda krásné dívky
TV Mini Series
- written by
- 1996
Eine kleine Jazzmusik
5.6
- book "Sedmiramenný svícen"
- 1996
Prima sezóna
6.6
TV Mini Series
- book "Prima sezóna"
- 1994
Hríchy pro pátera Knoxe
6.2
TV Series
- novel
- 1992
The Tank Battalion
6.6
- novel
- 1991
Vrazda v zastoupení
TV Movie
- novel "Vrazda v zastoupení"
- 1987
Sest cerných dívek aneb Proc zmizel Zajíc?
5.3
- screenplay
- short story "Zlocin v knihovne rukopisu"
- 1969
A Flirt with Miss Stribrna
6.7
- novel "Lvíce"
- 1969
The End of a Priest
7.2
- Writer
- 1969
Zlocin v santánu
6.5
- Writer (as dr. Josef Skvorecky)
- 1968
Vedecké metody porucíka Boruvky
TV Mini Series
- short stories
- 1967–1968

Actor

Personal details

Alternative names
- dr. Josef Skvorecky
Born
- September 27, 1924
- Nachod, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Died
- January 3, 2012
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada(cancer)
Spouse
- Zdena Skvorecka1958 - January 3, 2012 (his death)
Other works
Unrealized screenplay "Irenka v mnohonásobném zrychlení" ("Multiply Accelerated Irene") co-authored with Zdena Skvorecka, based on short story "The New Accelerator" by H.G. Wells.
Publicity listings
- 2 Articles

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Trivia
Dr. Skvorecky was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on April 30, 1992 for his services to Canadian Literature.

Quotes
I am a Czech and I am a loyal citizen of Canada. Canada is the country where, for the first time in my adult life, I found freedom, including the freedom to be a Czech and at the same time a Canadian. My real country is the Czech language, which is the tongue I learned from my mother. (2006 interview)

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