FRANTISEK (Franz) ZAVREL

Frantisek ( Franz) Zavrel (November 1, 1884--December 4, 1947) was an Austrian-born Czech author, novelist, dramatist, poet, lawyer, and an officer at the Ministry of International Trade in Prague. He is most famous for historical dramas, poetry and the controversial novel Fortinbras, which eventually cost him his life.

Childhood

Prague

Early works

Fame

Death

Reputation

Bibliography

Hanel, 1903 (poem) 

My Country, 1904 (Ma Vlast)

Twelfth of May, 1904 (Dvanacty kveten)

Simson, 1912

Don Juan, 1915

Juan, 1915

Oidipus & Iokasta, Simson & Delila, 1915

Boleslau the Terrible, 1919 (Boleslav Ukrutny)

Stone Guest, 1921 (Kamenny host)

King Premyslid Ottokar II, 1921 (Kral Premysl Otakar II)

Predator, 1922 (Dravec)

Foreplay, 1923 (Predehra)

Both Kokoskas, 1923 (Oba Kokoskove)

Boxing Match, 1924 (Boxersky Zapas)

Dead Man, 1924 (Mrtvy)

Napoleon, 1925

Liberator, 1925 (Vykupitel)

Grandfather against his will, 1926 (Dedeckem proti sve vuli)

Eternal Lover. 1927 (Nesmrtelna Milenka)

Leery Cuckold, 1927 (Vykutaleny Parhohac)

Comedy with air pilot, 1928 (Veselohra s letcem)

Mount Venus, 1928 (Hora Venusina)

Interplay, Refuge, 1929 (Mezihra, Zatisi)

Eternal Youth, 1929 (Vecne Mladi)

Fortinbras, 1930

Before the End, 1933 (Pred koncem)

Fortinbras II, 1934

Hus, 1935

Jan Zizka von Trotznow, 1935 (Jan Zizka z Trocnova)

Departed one, 1935 (Kazdy sveho neboztika)

Heroika (Christ-Hus-Nietzsche), 1937 Heroika (Kristus-Hus-Nietzsche) Also translated to German.

Eve, 1937 (Eva)

Valkyrie, 1937 (Valkyra)

Honoring Milada Pakurova. 1938 (Pamatce Milady Pakurove)

Greetings from Borova, 1938 (Pozdrav od Borove)

In memoriam--Milada Pakurova, 1939

A porta inferi, 1940

After the fight, 1940 (Po boji)

A monument to Milada and Helen. 1940 (Pomnik Milade a Helene)

Wallenstein, 1940. (Valdstyn) ( Also in German.

The Tilly Affair, 1941 (Afera Tilly)

Caesar, 1941. Privately issued. Translated also from Czech to German.

Bone, 1941 (Kost)

Napoleon, 1941

Demigods. Pentalogy: Caesar, Christ, Hus, Wallenstein, Napoleon, 1941  (Polobozi. Caesar, Kristus, Hus, Valdstyn, Napoleon)

Verses about Love and Death, 1941 (Verse o lasce a smrti)

Caesar, 1942

Oh, Russia, 1942 (O Rus!)

Buried alive. Autobiography. 1942 (Za ziva pohrben)

In Memoriam-Christ-Eternal Youth, 1945 (In Memoriam-Kristus-Vecne mladi)

THE ABOVE LIST IS FROM THE BOOK WRITTEN BY EDUARD BURGET: Dramatik na pranyri (Prosecution of a

References

NIETZSCHE. A play by Frantisek Zavrel (In German translation)

NAPOLEON PENTALOGY, by Dr. Frantisek Zavrel (1925), Prague, Paris

NAPOLEON I, by Dr. Frantisek Zavrel

Further reading in English

TO EUROPE, a poem by Dr. Frantisek Zavrel. Translated by Radoslav (Ray) Zavrel (USA)

Further reading in German and Czech

70 LET OD SMRTI DRAMATIKA FRANTISKA ZAVRELA, by Radoslav (Ray) Zavrel

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