Iva Procházková

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Iva Procházková


Born
in Olomouc, Czech Republic
January 01, 1953


Iva Procházková was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, in 1953. She spent most of her childhood in Prague. After graduating from J. Neruda grammar school, she could not go on to university for political reasons. She worked in various jobs, among others as a cleaner and a cook. In 1983 she emigrated to Austria with her husband, the film director Ivan Pokorný, and their children. She spent eleven years in exile first in Austria and then in Germany. She wrote plays and books, the latter mainly for children and young people, with some of them gaining substantial recognition. After returning to the Czech Republic in 1995, she began to work together with Czech publishers such as Melantrich, Albatros, Amulet, Mladá Fronta, Arsci and others. She has ...more

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Mężczyzna na dnie

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Die Nackten

3.75 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions
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Uzly a pomeranče

3.48 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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Myši patří do nebe

4.16 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions
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Roznegliżowane

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Soví zpěv

3.71 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions
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Wir treffen uns, wenn alle ...

3.93 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Zagraj mi na drogę

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Carolina: Ein knapper Leben...

3.67 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions
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Büyükannem Cebimde

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“Regresar resulta un tanto raro. Si uno viaja a alguna parte, no piensa ya en el estado de la gente y de los lugares que se dejan atrás. Pero cuando regresas después de un largo periodo de ausencia, es como un golpe en la cabeza o un terremoto en toda regla. De pronto, todo tiene un aspecto distinto. Las montañas son más bajas, el agua mucho menos profunda, los largos caminos terminan abruptamente, personas que hasta hace poco decían: "Eso tú no lo entiendes. No te entremezcles", te escuchan y asienten amablemente, el póster en la pared, que te ha costado todo tu dinero, ha perdido toda importancia y los ojos de mamá están a la misma altura que los de una misma.”
Iva Procházková, Carolina: Ein knapper Lebenslauf



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