caption movement death_date birth_place citizenship influences nationality debut_works birth_date period genre image article_title name occupation
jan balabán in 2007 prirozeni 23 april 2010 sumperk , czechoslovakia european -lrb- eu -rrb- from 2004 william faulkner czech -lrb- moravian salisian -rrb- `` the middle ages '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- 29 january 1961 1980s -- 2010 existentialism , art criticism , technical translation jan balabán 2007.jpg jan balabán
 jan balabán writer , journalist , translator
jan balabán

jan balabán -lrb- 29 january 1961 -- 23 april 2010 -rrb- was a czech writer , journalist , and translator .
he was considered an existentialist whose works often dealt with the wretched and desperate aspects of the human condition .
