Writer

Bohumil Hrabal

1914 – 1997

Active years (films on this site)

1966–2006

Genres

ComedyDramaRomance

Schools and movements

Czechoslovak New Wave

Directors worked with

Jiří Menzel4 films

Biography

Bohumil Hrabal was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century.

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Awards and honours

International

• Klement Gottwald State Prize 1968
• Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia 1989
• Prix Laure Bataillon 1990
• honorary doctor of the University of Padua 1996

National / local

• Jaroslav Seifert Prize 1993
• Czech Medal of Merit 1996

4 films on this site

1. Closely Watched Trains 1966 · Jiří Menzel · IMDb 7.6 · Writer
2. Larks on a String 1969 · Jiří Menzel · IMDb 7.3 · Writer
3. Cutting It Short 1980 · Jiří Menzel · IMDb 7.5 · Writer
4. I Served the King of England 2006 · Jiří Menzel · IMDb 7.3 · Writer