Zuzana Brabcová

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Zuzana Brabcová


Born
in Prague, Czech Republic
March 23, 1959

Died
August 20, 2015

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The daughter of Jiří Brabec and Zina Trochová, both literary historians, she was born in Prague. After completing her schooling, she worked in the University Library in Prague, in a hospital and as a cleaner. She later became an editor, working for several publishing houses.

Her first novel Daleko od stromu (Far from the tree) was first published in a Samizdat edition in 1984 and then in Prague in 1991. It received the Jiří Orten Award in 1997. This was followed by the novel Zlodějina (Thievery) in 1996.In 2000, she published her third novel Rok perel (Year of pearls), the first Czech novel to deal with lesbian love.

Brabcová was awarded the Magnesia Litera for fiction in 2013 for her novel Stropy.

Average rating: 3.56 · 378 ratings · 65 reviews · 5 distinct worksSimilar authors
Rok perel

3.71 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions
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Stropy

3.21 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
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3.64 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions
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Daleko od stromu

3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions
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Zlodějina

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