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Jaroslav Rudiš

Biography

Jaroslav Rudiš was born in 1972 in Turnov but grew up in Lomnice nad Popelkou. He studied German language and literature, history and journalism in Liberec, Prague, Zurich and Berlin. He received a grant to go and practise journalism in Berlin. He wrote his first novel (not translated into English) called The Sky Below in Czech but The Sky Beneath Berlin in the German translation. He continued working as a journalist and also wrote further novels, initially in Czech and later in German. He also wrote stage plays, radio plays, graphic novels and travel books. One of his novels has been translated into English.

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Bibliography

2002 Nebe pod Berlínem (novel)
2006 Grandhotel (novel)
2006 Alois Nebel (graphic novel)
2007 Potichu (novel)
2010 Konec punku v Helsinkách (novel)
2013 Národní třída (novel)
2018 Der Besuch von Herrn Horváth (stories)
2019 Winterbergs letzte Reise (Winterberg’s Last Journey)
2019 Weihnachten in Prag (travel)
2023 Zug um Zug durch Europa. Von Nachtzügen, Speisewagen und den schönsten Bahnhöfen (travel)