Rudolf Krautschneider (born 22 August 1943) is a Czech sailor, writer and illustrator.
Biography
editKrautschneider was born in Vienna in 1943 into the family of an Austrian father and a Moravian mother, and was raised in Znojmo.[1]
In 1977, he sailed beyond the Arctic Circle with his first ship named Vela. He later sailed to Svalbard and the Falkland Islands with his ship Polka, and circled Antarctica on Polárka.[2] He later built a replica of Magellan's ship Victoria.[3]
He wrote most of his books in Czech and some in Polish (one of them, Świat polskich żaglonautów, is about Polish sailors including Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Henryk Jaskuła, Karol Olgierd Borchardt and Leonid Teliga). One of his books, Plachetnicí kolem světa pro pírko tučňáka, was translated into English as Around the World for the Feather of a Penguin (1999).
He also made documentary films during his travels.[4]
Books
editAll books are in Czech, unless otherwise stated.
- Lidé a oceán (1991, 2015, 2016)
- Jak nelze zabít město (1992)
- Dopisy z ostrova tučňáků (1995, 2014)
- Legenda dobyvatelů (1997)
- Plachetnicí kolem světa pro pírko tučňáka (1999, 2012, 2014)
- also in Polish (Dookoła świata po piórko pingwina, 1999)
- also in English (Around the World for the Feather of a Penguin, 1999)
- Ludojad (2002, in Polish only)
- Niezamknięta duża pętla (2003, in Polish only)
- Historie libštátského jachtingu (2005)
- Co přinesly vlny a odvál vítr (2006, 2014, 2017)
- also in Polish (Co przyniosły fale i wiatr, 2006)
- Nie zamknięta duża pętla (2007, in Polish only)
- Ocean, samotny żeglarz i jego łódź (2007, in Polish only)
- Tylko jedna może być pierwsza (2008, in Polish only)
- Kluci ze Starého Města (2008)
- Ring volný - třetí kolo (2009)
- Moře solí země (2010, 2019)
- Vnučka oceánu (2010, 2014)
- also in Polish (Wnuczka oceanu, 2015)
- Život v kleči aneb Za hory za doly (2011)
- Znojemská trilogie (2014)
- Świat polskich żaglonautów (2015, in Polish only)
- Chlapec od řeky Dyje (2018)
- Sobre las Islas Canarias, el yate, el mar y la añoranza (2019, in Spanish)
- Zvorat oceán i nepevninu (2020)
- Obyvatelé suchého moře (2021)
- Ostrovy pěti oceánů (2021)
- Ve vodě na suchu (2022)
References
edit- ^ Mifek, František (12 December 2015). "Na moři je ten, kdo tam chce být. Tvrdí mořský vlk Rudolf Krautschneider". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Kučerová, Thea (21 August 2020). "Nekonvenční mořeplavec. Rudolf Krautschneider chce s nejmenší oceánskou lodí na Atlantik". HN.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Orel, Ivan (2002). "Victoria znamená vítězství: V Magellanových stopách o 500 let později". Vesmir.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Sladký, Pavel (21 September 2011). "Rudolf Krautschneider: Česká mořeplavecká legenda". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 June 2022.