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Ladislav Fuks (September 24, 1923 in Prague – August 19, 1994 in Prague) was a Czech novelist. He focused mainly on psychological novels, portraying the despair and suffering of people under German occupation of Czechoslovakia .
Ladislav Fuks (24. září 1923 Praha – 19. srpna 1994 Praha) byl český prozaik, autor především psychologické prózy s tématem úzkosti člověka ohrožovaného nesvobodou a násilím. Jako symbol tohoto tématu si pak zvolil druhou světovou válku a holokaust.
Ladislav Fuks has 27 books on Goodreads with 12353 ratings. Ladislav Fuks’s most popular book is Spalovač mrtvol.
The Cremator by Ladislav Fuks traces its protagonist’s chilling drift into collaboration and murder – and became the basis for one of the greatest ever Czech films.
As a gay man living in a totalitarian, patriarchal society, noted Czech writer Ladislav Fuks identified with the tragic fate of his Jewish countrymen during the Holocaust. The Cremator arises from that shared experience.
Ladislav Fuks byl český prozaik, autor především psychologické prózy s tématem úzkosti člověka ohrožovaného nesvobodou a násilím. Jako symbol tohoto tématu si pak zvolil druhou světovou válku a holokaust.
Ladislav Fuks is an author who is not well known outside his native Czechoslovakia, but not because he was not prolific. It was the political times that caused many of his works simply not to gain the recognition they deserved.
