Jiří Stránský

Jiří Stránský (12 August 1931 – 29 May 2019) was a Czech author, playwright, translator, political prisoner during the country's communist regime, and human rights activist. 

In 1953, he was arrested by the communists and sentenced to eight years of forced labor for "treason". He was released in 1960. In 1974, he was arrested again and sentenced to another 3 to 5 years, but was released after one and a half. 

After the fall of the communist regime, he was an author and head of the international section of the Czech Literary Fund. In 1992, he was elected President of the Czech section of International PEN. He was chairman of the council of the National Library from 1995 to 1998.

He was a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.

Stránský died on 29 May 2019 at the age of 87.

 Works 
 Za plotem, written in prison (1953–1960), published 1999
 Štěstí, 1969, most copies were confiscated and destroyed by the communists, it was released in 1990
 Zdivočelá země, 1970, made into a film in 1997
 Aukce, 1997, sequel Zdivočelé země, 1989
 Přelet, 2001
 Povídačky pro moje slunce, 2002
 Tichá pošta, 2002
 Povídačky pro Klárku, 2004
 Perlorodky, 2005
 Srdcerváč, 2005
 Stařec a smrt, 2007

 Short stories 
 Náhoda, 1976
 Vánoce, 1976
 Přelet, 1976
 Oblouk, 2009
 Dopisy bez hranic (Lasica, Stránský), 2010

 Films based on his work 
 Bumerang, 1996, directed by Hynek Bočan
 Zdivočelá země, 1997
 Zdivočelá země, series  1997–2001, directed by Hynek Bočan
 Uniforma, 2001, directed by Hynek Bočan
 Žabák, 2001, directed by Hynek Bočan
 Kousek nebe, 2005, directed by Petr Nikolaev

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