Jaroslav Rudiš
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writer
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, journalist and musician
Musician
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Rudiš became known after publishing his first novel
Novel
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Nebe pod Berlínem ("The Sky under Berlin") in 2002, the tale of a Czech teacher who chooses to leave his job and to start a new life in Berlin
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, where he plays music in the underground, which - and especially the ghosts of suicide
Suicide
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jumpers in front of trains - gains almost mystical importance to him, and joins an indie
Indie (music)
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rock group (which is a semi-autobiographical motive). It was one of the most successful Czech books of recent years. For this novel he received Jiří Orten
Jirí Orten
Jiří Orten was a Czech poet. His work was influenced by surrealism and folklore. His first book of poems, Čítanka jaro , came out in 1939. He spent time in Paris, but ultimately returned to Prague...
Award.
His collaboration with draughtsman Jaromír 99 led to the publication of three closely connected graphic novel
Graphic novel
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s taking place among railway employees, Bílý potok ("White Brook", 2003), Hlavní nádraží ("Central Station", 2004) and Zlaté hory ("Golden Hills"). The trilogy has been adapted into an animated feature film, Alois Nebel
Alois Nebel
Alois Nebel is a 2011 Czech animated drama film directed by Tomáš Luňák, based on the comic-book trilogy by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99. It is set in the late 1980s in a small village in the Jeseník Mountains, close to the Polish border, and tells the story of a train dispatcher who begins to...
, set to be released in 2011.