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PROCHAZKOVA, Iva
Birth date: 1953
Birthplace: Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Education: Studied at the Secondary School of Jan Neruda in Prague.
Professional Career: A free-lance writer who won the Juvenile Literature
Prize from the German Academy for Children's and Juvenile Literature in 1989.
Works
- Penzion na rozcesti. Prague: Melantrich, 1991.
- Mitwoch schmeckt gut. Stuttgart: Theinemann, 1991.
- Vdova po basnikovi (television play; title means "The Widow of the
Poet"). Prag Television, 1991.
- Vyprava na zlatou rybicky (novel). Toronto: 68 Publishers, 1988.
- Die Zeit der geheimen Wuensche. Beltz & Gelberg, 1987.
Season of Secret Wishes.
Translation by
Elizabeth D. Crawford. Lothrop: Lee
& Shepard, 1989.
- Der Sommer hat Eselsohren (for children). Beltz & Gelberg, 1984.
- Komu chybi kolecko (for children). Prague: Albatros, 1980.
QUINN, Zdenka (Hodbodova)
Birth date: 1942
Birthplace: Dobrovice, Czechoslovakia
Education: Studied at Antonin Zapotocky University of Economics from
1963-1968.
Professional Career: Traveled to the U.S. in 1968 where she met and married
John Paul Quinn. Translator as well as writer of Czech novels.
Works
- The Water Sprite of the Golden Town (from Bohemian folktales by Karel Erben
and Bozena Nemcova) Translator and adapter with husband, John Paul Quinn,
Macrae, 1971.
SHYER, Marlene Fanta
Birth date:
Birthplace: Czechoslovakia
Education: Obtained a B.S. in Religion from the University of Bridgeport.
Professional Career: Was an elementary school teacher in Portchester, NY from
1955-57. Won the Children's Book fo the Year Award from Child Study Association
of America in 1969. She also writes television scripts and submits short stories
to periodicals such as Good Housekeeping and Ladies Home Journal.
Works
- Me & Joey Pinstripe, the king of rock. New York: Scribner, 1988.
- Welcome Home, Jellybean. New York: Aladdin Books, 1988.
- Here I am, an only child. New York: Aladdin Books, 1985.
- Grandpa Ritz and the luscious lovelies. New York: Scribner, 1985.
- Adorable Sunday. New York: Sribner, 1983.
- Stepdog. New York: Scribner, 1983.
- My brother, the thief. New York: Scribner, 1980.
- Blood in the Snow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
- Local Talent. Indianapolis: BobbsMerrill Co, 1974.
- Tino. New York: Random House, 1969.
SKVORECKA, Zdena Salivarova
Birth date: 1933
Birthplace: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Education: Studied at the Prague Film School.
Professional Career: Acted in several films in the late 1960's before moving
to Toronto in 1969. Opened her own publishing house, 68 Publishers, and was
awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto and the Czech Order
of the White Lion for her literary contributions.
Works
- The Manure of the Earth. Trans. of Hnuj zeme, 1994.
- Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down. Trans. of Nebe, peklo raj. Toronto: 68
Publishers, 1976.
VOLKOVA, Bronislava (Bronislava
Volek)
Special Feature:
Poetry Reading by Bronislava Volkova
An International Exchange
Endicott College and the Czech Republic
Birth date: May 15, 1946
Birthplace: Decin, Czechoslovakia
Education: Ph.D., Charles University, Prague
Professional Career: She has taught at the University of Cologne and
University of Marburg in West Germany; Harvard University; and the University of
Virginia, Charlottesville. She is presently Professor of Slavic Languages and
Literatures at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Works
- Prison Notes Smuggled in the Ears of Seafoam. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen
Press, 1999.
- Courage of the Rainbow: Selected Poems. Transl. By the author with Willis
Barnstone et al. New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 1993.
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