Michal Šanda (born December 10, 1965 in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

) is a Czech writer and poet.

Life

After secondary school, he made his living in a series of jobs that included stonemasonry, bookselling, street vending, fowling and organ-grinding, as well as making fans on an ostrich farm and painting railway cars. Since 1991, he has worked as an archivist at the Arts and Theatre Institute in

where he lives. Although he started off as a poet, Michal Šanda is today regarded as a postmodern author because every book he writes explores a different genre and style.

Awards

Bologna Ragazzi Award 2022 – The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf (''Tibbles''), Blueberry Award 2023 - award for the best nature and climate books for kids in the USA (''Tibbles the Cat'')

Bibliography

Collective Works

* ''Generál v umyvadle plném blues'', Větrné mlýny,

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

, , (2022)

Poetry collections

* ''stoa'', KIC

, (1994) * ''Ošklivé příběhy z krásných slov'', Protis

, , (1996) * ''Metro'', Protis

, , (1998 and 2005) * ''Dvacet deka ovaru'', Klokočí a Knihovna Jana Drdy

, , (1998) * ''Býkárna'', Druhé město

, , with Milan Ohnisko and

Ivan Wernisch Ivan Wernisch (born 18 June 1942) is a Czech poet, editor and a collage artist. He studied Ceramics Secondary school in Carlsbad (he left in 1959) and has since done many jobs, mostly manual. In 1961, after publishing his debut poetry book, he qui ...

, (2006) * ''Remington pod kredencí'', Protis

, , (2009) * ''Rabování samozvaného generála Rona Zacapy v hostinci U Hrocha'', Nakladatelství Pavel Mervart

Červený Kostelec Červený Kostelec (; ) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,300 inhabitants. Administrative division Červený Kostelec consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population accord ...

, , (2015)

Prose

* ''Blues 1890–1940'', Petrov

, , (2000) * ''Obecní radní Stoklasné Lhoty vydraživší za 37 Kč vycpaného jezevce pro potřeby školního kabinetu'', Petrov

, , (2001) * ''Sudamerická romance'', Petrov

, , (2003) * ''Kecanice'', Protis

, , (2006) * ''Dopisy'', Dybbuk

, , with

Karel Havlíček Borovský Karel Havlíček Borovský (; 31 October 1821 – 29 July 1856) was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher. Early life and education He lived and studied at the gymnasium in Německý Brod (today Havlíčkův Brod, ...

, (2009) * ''Sebrané spí si'', Nakladatelství Petr Štengl

, , (2012) * ''Špacírkou přes čenich!'', Nakladatelství Paseka

and

Litomyšl Litomyšl (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. It is a former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see. Litomyšl is known for the château-type castle complex of the Lit ...

, , (2013) * ''MUDr. PhDr. Jarmila Beichtenová: Kazuistika pacientů Michala Šandy a Jakuba Šofara – literární anamnéza'', Novela bohemica

, , (2014) * ''Jakápak prdel'', Týnská literární kavárna

, and Druhé město

, , (2015) with

* ''Autorské poznámky k divadelní grotesce Sráči'', Nakladatelství Petr Štengl

, , (2015) * ''Masná kuchařka mistra řezníka z Nelahozevsi Antonína Dvořáka'', Dybbuk

, , (2016) * ''Údolí'', Dybbuk

, and , (2017) * ''Hemingwayův býk'', Milan Hodek , Paper Jam

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

, , (2018) * ''Umyvadlo plné vajglů'', Dybbuk

, , (2020) * ''Mozek z blázna'', Malvern

, , (2023) * ''Grotesky'', Malvern

, , (2024)

Children's books

* ''Merekvice'', Dybbuk

, , (2008) * ''Oskarovy rybářské trofeje'', Novela bohemica

, , (2014) * ''Dr. Moul'', Michal Šanda at its own expense

, , (2018) * ''Kosáku, co to máš v zobáku?'', Meander

, , (2019) * ''Rukulíbám'', Meander

, , (2020) * ''Tibbles'', Meander

, , (2021) * ''Viktor & Віктор'', Meander

, , (2022) * ''Tibbles the Cat'', Albatros Media Group

, , (2023) * ''Lední medvěd Rio zachraňuje prales'', Meander

, , (2023) * ''Kruh'', Meander

, , (2023) * ''Hravě o dopravě'', Meander

, , (2024) * ''Čtverec'', Meander

, , (2024)

Theater Plays

* ''Španělské ptáčky'', Větrné mlýny

, ISSN 1213-7022, (2006) * ''Sorento'', Větrné mlýny

, , (2011)

External links

Michal Šanda, official page

Michal Šanda
''czechlit.cz''

References

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