Biography
Jan Otčenášek (19 November 1924, Prague – 24 February 1979, Prague) was a Czech novelist and playwright. Otčenášek was born in the Žižkov district of Prague. His father was a joiner. He graduated from business school in 1943, briefly worked in Germany, then was employed at the Avia Motors factory.
After the war, Otčenášek became involved in a pro-communist group known as Předvoj (Avant-garde), which was illegal at the time. Later, he joined the Communist Party and studied aesthetics at Charles University, although he had to drop out due to family problems. From 1947 to 1951, he worked for the Chemical and Metallurgical Industry Association as an export official. This was followed by a position in the Secretariat of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers.
In 1960, he decided to become a freelance writer. From 1973 on, he was a screenwriter at Barrandov Studios. For twenty years, he lived with the actress, Libuše Švormová.
He died in Prague, of lung cancer.
Filmography
all 27
Movies 24
Writer 19
TV Shows 3
Screenplay 3
self 1
Když v ráji pršelo (1988)
Shades of Fern (1986)
Love Between the Raindrops (1980)
Dnes v jednom domě (1980)
Postavení mimo hru (1979)
Já jsem Stěna smrti (1979)
Meeting in July (1978)
Zrcadlení (1978)
Stín létajícího ptáčka (1977)
Smrt mouchy (1977)
Thirty Cases of Major Zema (1976)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1975)
V každém pokoji žena (1974)
Lovers in the Year One (1974)
Kosmas a paní Božetěcha (1974)
Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1972)
Svatba bez prstýnku (1972)
Ta třetí (1969)
Elective Affinities (1968)
Jak se krade milión (1967)
Murder Czech Style (1967)
Bez svatozáře (1964)
Kolik slov stačí lásce? (1962)
Reportáž psaná na oprátce (1962)
Jarní povětří (1961)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)
Občan Brych (1959)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1924-11-19
Deathday1979-02-24 (54 years old)
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
ChildrenPetr Zikmund
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia
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