Jan Křesadlo
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| Born | Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava 9 December 1926 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 13 August 1995 (aged 68) Colchester, England |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Clinical Psychologist |
| Children | 4 |
Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava (Czech pronunciation: .
An anti-communist, Pinkava emigrated to Britain with his wife and four children following the
Josef Škvorecký's emigre publishing house 68 Publishers, and earned the 1984 Egon Hostovský
prize.
He chose his pseudonym (which means
firesteel) partly because it contains the uniquely Czech sound ř; in addition, he was fond of creating more pseudonyms such as Jake Rolands (an anagram), J. K. Klement (after his grandfather, for translations into English), Juraj Hron (for his Slovak-Moravian
writings), Ferdinand Lučovický z Lučovic a na Suchým dole (for his music), Kamil Troud (for his illustrations), Ἰωάννης Πυρεῖα (for his Astronautilia), and more.
Pinkava was also active in choral music, composing (among others) a Glagolitic Mass. As well, he worked in mathematical logic, discovering the many-valued logic algebra which bears his name.
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ISBN 80-237-2452-5
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Only his first, prize-winning novel has been published in English translation, as GraveLarks in a bilingual edition in 1999 (ISBN 9780993377303
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He is the father of film director Jan Pinkava who received an Oscar for Geri's Game in 1998 and also illustrated GraveLarks.
External links
- Jan Křesadlo's official website, in Czech and English
- English links for easy reference:
- a couple of Critics' views, in English
- About Astronautilia
- About his Scientific works
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