Patrik Hartl (born 10 September 1976 Olomouc) is a contemporary Czech novelist, playwright and theatre director.
Patrik Hartl | |
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| Born | 10 September 1976 |
| Education | Film and TV School, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
| Known for | writer, playwright, theatre and film director |
| Notable work | Gazelles, 15 years of love, The Best Weekend; Moments of Happiness; The Prague Lexicon of Love; Doofus, Smarty, Dotty and Carl – novels An Adriatic Honeymoon; 4 Sisters; The Vacuum Cleaner; The Star; Private Talks About Happiness – theatre plays |
| Awards | the Czech Best Seller Award (2014, 2016, 2018, 2021) |
| Website | patrikhartl |
Life and career
editPatrik Hartl studied film and TV directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.[1]
He lives and works in Prague. He has written and (as his own director) staged eight comedies, all of which have become box-office hits.[2] Since 2000, he has been an in-house playwright and director at the Studio DVA theatre,[3] an independent theatre company based on Wenceslas Square in central Prague.
His novels have five times won the Czech Best Seller Award for the best-selling new book in the Czech Republic.[4]
Works
editTheatre comedies
edit(Translations of titles for informational purposes only.)
- Hovory o štěstí mezi čtyřma očima (Private Talks About Happiness; 2004)
- Večírek na Seině (A Party on the Seine; 2005)[5]
- Klára a Bára (Klára and Bára; 2006)
- Soukromý skandál (A Private Scandal; 2011)
- Hlava v písku (Head in Sand; 2013)
- Hvězda (The Star; 2013)
- Vysavač (The Vacuum Cleaner; 2015)
- 4 sestry (4 Sisters; 2016)
- Líbánky na Jadranu (An Adriatic Honeymoon; 2017)
- Lovci bobrů (Beaver Hunters, 2022)[6]
(Translations of titles for informational purposes only.)
- Prvok, Šampón, Tečka a Karel (Doofus, Smarty, Dotty and Carl; 2012)
- Malý pražský erotikon (The Prague Lexicon of Love; 2014)
- dvojromán Okamžiky štěstí (Moments of Happiness; 2016)
- Nejlepší víkend (The Best Weekend; 2018)
- 15 roků lásky (15 years of love, 2021)
- Gazely (Gazelles, 2023)
References
edit- ^ "Životopis | Patrik Hartl" (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ "Hartl Patrik « Studio DVA divadlo". www.studiodva.cz. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ "Studio DVA divadlo". www.studiodva.cz. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ "Úvod | ČESKÝ BESTSELLER". www.ceskybestseller.cz. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ divadloviola.cz. "Divadlo Viola" (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ "Hartl Patrik « Studio DVA divadlo". www.studiodva.cz. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ "Patrik Hartl |" (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-03-04.