Josef Toman
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| Born | 6 April 1899 |
| Died | 21 January 1977 |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, and playwright |
| Language | Czech |
| Period | 1925-1977 |
| Genre | Fiction, poetry, theater |
| Spouse | Miroslava Saková (m. 1906–1991) |
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Josef Toman (1899-1977) was a Czech writer, poet and playwright. Fascinated by the works of Publius Vergilius Maro, Ovidius and Seneca, as well as historical novels, he will have written his most famous works inspired by the latter titled Po nás potopa in 1963 (titled in English After Us, the Flood; a novel about the Roman emperor Caligula) and Sokrates in 1975 (co-written with his wife Miroslava Tomanová).[1][2]
Biography
Josef Toman was born 6 April 1899 in Prague, Austria-Hungary.[citation needed]
In 1920, he started working for a bank in Prague. One year later, he was relocated in Italy for work.[1]
His career as a writer began with the publishing of a volume of poems in 1922, poems dedicated to the 700th anniversary of the small town called Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, the place where the author spent his childhood.[1][3]
Josef Toman became the secretary and then later the director of the Manes publishing house in 1923. He debuted in prose in 1929 publishing the book titled David Hron.[1]
Toman married Miroslava Saková in 1925. The couple co-wrote some works together. Her debut as a writer took place in 1936, when she co-wrote the play Přítelkyně with Josef Toman.[1]
In 1944, Toman published his first novel, Don Juan, the same year that Albert Camus published the play Caligula. During World War II, but more specifically in 1945, Josef Toman was part of the Committee of Antifascist Resistance among other intellectual Czechs, while leading the Manes publishing house and writing literature. Starting this year and until 1953, he worked in the Czech Ministry of Culture in Prague.[1]
He published the historical novel about the Roman emperor Caligula After Us, the Flood in 1963, making him one of the most famous writers of historical novels at the time. Until 1980, it was translated into seven foreign languages: Estonian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, and Slovene. In 1964 he attended the International Congress of History in Berlin to talk about the main characters of the novel. He was given the award of People's Artist in 1970.[1][3]
Toman's last novel, co-written with his wife Miroslava Tomanová, titled Socrates, was published in 1975, two years before his death. The author died on 21 January 1977, leaving behind some unfinished works.[1]
Novels
He wrote and co-wrote the following novels:
- Slavnost léta (1925)
- Zrání (1926)
- Háj, který voní skořicí (1927)
- Černé slunce (1928)
- David Hron (1929)
- Svět bez oken (1933)
- Člověk odnikud (1933)
- O nesmělém Kryšpínovi a nedočkavé Kateřině (1934)
- Řeka čaruje (1936)
- Přítelkyně (1936), co-written with his wife Miroslava Tomanová
- Člověk odnikud (1937)
- Žába na prameni (1938)
- Vosí hnízdo, (1938), re-published as Dům z karet, (1956)
- Lidé pod horami, (1940), re-published (1958)
- Vichřice (1941)
- Don Juan (1944)
- Verše ze zákopů (1946)
- Slovanské nebe, (1948), re-published (1962)
- Kde lišky dávají dobrou noc (1957), co-written with his wife Miroslava Tomanová
- Italská paleta (1962), co-written with his wife Miroslava Tomanová
- Po nás potopa (1963)
- Sokrates (1975), co-written with his wife Miroslava Tomanová
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Toman, Josef; Tomanová, Miroslava (1980). Socrate. În căutarea beatitudinii. Bucharest: Editura Univers. Search this book on
- ↑ "Slovník české literatury". slovnikceskeliteratury.cz.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Josef Toman | Životopis a ocenění". Databáze knih. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
Further reading
- Toman, Josef; Tomanová, Miroslava (1978). Josef Polák (in čeština). Prague: Československý spisovatel. Search this book on
- Toman, Josef; Tomanová, Miroslava (1980). Socrate. În căutarea beatitudinii. Bucharest: Editura Univers. Search this book on
- Tesařová, Miluše (1987). Josef Toman: Bibliografie (in čeština). Prague. Search this book on
- Steiner, Gerhard; Greiner-Mai, Herbert; Lehmann, Wolfgang, eds. (1980). Lexikon fremdsprachiger Schriftsteller (in Deutsch). Band 3, P–Z. Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut. Search this book on
External links
Category:Literature Category:Czech writers Category:1899 births Category:1977 deaths
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