Current Affairs Czech literary legend Bohumil Hrabal died 10 years ago
Saturday is the tenth anniversary of the death of acclaimed Czech author Bohumil Hrabal. Although he published his first major work well into his forties, Hrabal soon achieved great fame. The film adaptation of his "Closely Observed Trains" won an Oscar only three years after the book's publication. Banned for several years by the communist authorities, for some Hrabal had the status of a cult writer. Others preferred the film adaptations of his works to his books. In any case, for decades Bohumil Hrabal was a legend in this country.
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