Jiří Marek (Josef Jiří Puchwein) (30 May 1914, in

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– 10 December 1994, in Prague) was a

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writer, educator, journalist and screenwriter.Adamovič, Ivan; NNeff, Ondřej. Slovník české literární fantastiky a science fiction. Praha : R3, 1995. . Chapter "Marek, Jiří", p. 144 In 1965 he was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.

Books

* ''Pečeť věrnosti'' (1944) * ''Vstup do strany'' (1952) * ''Pionýr Feďa'' (1953) * ''Střelnice'' (1962) * ''Blažený věk'' (1968) * ''Můj strýc Odysseus'' (1974) * ''Muži jdou v tmě'' (1946) * ''Vesnice pod zemí'' (1949) * ''Pohádky vzhůru nohama'' (1958) * ''Autopohádky'' ("Car Fairy Tales") (1965) ** From '' The Princess Who Never Smiled'' in Marek's car world: "Once upon the time there lived three Kings: King of petroleum, King of gasoline, and automobile King..." His Petroleumness had a princess who never smiled. The hero of the story is Vendelín the Car Mechanic whose car had all superb equipment, "not to say about pedestrian catcher". **In 1983 a German comedy film based on the stories was produced by "Autopohádky - příběhy, které spojuje řev i duše motorů"
/ref> **In 2004 the band Chinaski with the participation of Jiří Lábus and Lucie Bílá released a double audio CD, with three fairy tales, and 8 songs **In 2011, a CD with 4 animated films was released, with three based on the original Marek's stories, the fourth being a new one. Music is by Chinaski and the narrator is , the frontman of Chinaski."Autopohádky přijíždějí"
/ref> * ''Panoptikum starých kriminálních příběhů'' (1968) * ''Panoptikum hříšných lidí'' (1971) * ''Panoptikum Města pražského'' (1979) * ''OK 096 se nehlásí'' (1979) * ''Sůl země 1, 2'' (1981) * ''Psí hvězda Sirius aneb láskyplné vyprávěnky o psech'' (1982) * ''Tristan aneb O lásce'' (1985) * ''Čas lásky a nenávisti'' (1986)

Filmography

*'' The Sinful People of Prague'' *'' Panoptikum města pražského''.

References

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