Jiří Šulc

Jiří Šulc
Jiří Šulc in 2011
Jiří Šulc in 2011
BornJiří Šulc
1969 (age 55–56)
LanguageCzech
NationalityCzech
EducationFaculty of Law
Alma materCharles University
Period2000s–2010s
Genrenovels
SubjectWorld War II
Notable worksDva proti Říši
Notable awardsBook Club Literary Prize (2007)

Jiří Šulc (born 1969) is a Czech writer.[1][2]

After graduating from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague, he worked for the Security Information Service for fifteen years. Later he worked for the European Commission in Brussels. He currently works at the European GNSS Agency in Prague.[3]

He won the Book Club Literary Prize in 2007 for his literary debut written on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the novel Dva proti Říši (literally Two Men Against the Empire).[2][3][4]

He wrote his first two novels in English, translating them to Czech after not finding a publisher for them.

Works

  • Dva proti Říši (2007)
    • published in English as ebook Hunting the Predator in 2016[5]
  • Operace Bruneval (2008)
  • Mosty do Tel-Avivu (2010)
  • Operace Stonewall (2011)
  • Zrádci (2012)

References

  1. ^ "Jiří Šulc". Databáze knih.
  2. ^ a b "Jiří Šulc, autor románu Dva proti Říši". Radiožurnál. 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  3. ^ a b "Rozhovor s Jiřím Šulcem – držitelem literární ceny KK". Knižní klub: Literární kavárna. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  4. ^ "Bývalý agent píše, proč bylo třeba zabít Heydricha". Aktuálně.cz. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  5. ^ "Hunting the Predator: The True Story of the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich". Goodreads.


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