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Ludvík Aškenazy

ルドビーク・アシュケナーゼー

Ludvík Aškenazy

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-02-24 （Český Těšín）
Died
1986-03-18 （Bolzano） age 65
Nationality
Czechoslovak, Czech
Languages
Czech, German
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Český Těšín, Czechoslovakia → Stanisławów (now Ivano-Frankivsk), Poland → Lviv, Ukraine → Munich, West Germany → Bolzano, Italy

Career

Occupations
Writer, Journalist
Active Years
1945-1986
Affiliations
Czechoslovak Radio, Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Memberships
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Nominations
Shortlisted for Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (1993, Der Schlittschuhkarpfen)

Awards

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
1977
Work: Wo die Füchse Blockflöte spielen
Organization: Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Wo die Füchse Blockflöte spielen

1977 Children's literature

A children's story

adventurefriendship

Der Schlittschuhkarpfen

1981 Children's literature

Story about a unique fish

humorimagination

Du bist einmalig

Children's literature

Blaubart und die Elefanten

1983 Children's literature

Bibliography

  • Wo die Füchse Blockflöte spielen (1977)
  • Der Schlittschuhkarpfen (1981)
  • Du bist einmalig
  • Blaubart und die Elefanten (1983)

Adaptations

  • 1953: Můj přítel Fabian (Director: Jiří Weiss)
  • 1957: Tam na konečné (Directors: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos)
  • 1959: Májové hvězdy (Director: Stanislav Rostotsky)
  • 1964: Křik (Screenplay, Director: Jaromil Jireš)
  • 1974: Tatort – 3:0 for Veigl (Actor)

Translations of Works

  • A Little Black Casket (songs, ballads, and tales) (2002, English)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
HumorousAccessible for children
Recurring Motifs
AnimalsAdventure

Legacy

Celebrated with an annual festival in Český Těšín, Czech Republic. Known as an exiled Czech writer.

In Popular Culture

  • Annual festival in Český Těšín

Trivia

  • Married to Leonie Mann, daughter of Heinrich Mann.
  • Had two sons, one is a writer.