Jiří Grossmann
Jiří Grossmann | |
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 Grossmann during the Návštěvní den theatre performance | |
| Born | 20 July 1941 |
| Died | 5 December 1971 (aged 30) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Jiří Grossmann (20 July 1941 – 5 December 1971) was a Czech theatre actor, poet and composer.
Life
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Grossmann was born in Prague. After his graduation, he started at the Czech Technical University in Prague, but left in 1962 when he met Miloslav Šimek in the Olympik bar. Grossmann performed with Dixie Party Band in the Olympik Theatre Club, playing on contrabass also. They immediately established a theatre double and started writing poems, short stories and stage plays. Their first theatre group was called Mlok.[1] Grossmann and Šimek's most famous project was Navštěvní den, a theatre-styled show performed in theatre Semafor.[2]
The duo was persecuted after the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 following the Prague Spring.
When Grossmann realized he was dying of Hodgkin lymphoma, he wrote one of his most sad lyrics called Závidím (I am envious)[2] expressing fears of death. On 5 December 1971, Grossmann died in the hospital.
The Jiří Grossmann Theatre[3] and Prague's Jiří Grossmann's Archway commemorate him today.
Books
[edit]Jiří Grossmann and Miroslav Šimek wrote together many short stories, which they read out as part of their performances. Their collections were also published as books, some only after Grossmann's death. The collections include:
- Besídka zvláštní školy (1969)
- Besídka bývalých žáků zvláštní školy (1990)
- Povídky aneb nechci slevu zadarmo (1993)
- Povídky (2008)
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Name | English Title | Movie/TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Zločin v šantánu | Crime in a Music Hall | Movie[4] |
| 1969 | Návštěvní den Miloslava Šimka a Jiřího Grossmanna | Visiting Day of Miloslav Simek and Jiri Grossmann | TV |
| 1969 | Návštěvní den č. 2 | Visiting Day No.2 | TV |
| 1969 | Návštěvní den č. 3 | Visiting Day No.3 | TV |
| 1969 | Návštěvní den č. 4 | Visiting Day No.4 | not played[5] |
| 1970 | Návštěvní den č. 5 | Visiting Day No.5 | TV |
| 1970 | Návštěvní den č. 6 | Visiting Day No.6 | TV |
Discography
[edit]| Year | Name | English Title | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Své banjo odhazuji v dál[6][7] | I Am Throwing My Banjo Away | published in memoriam |
| 2002 | Jako kotě si příst[8] | Purr Like A Kitten | published in memoriam |
Related quotes
[edit]I don't believe that people who gave so much joy to so many people could die, as well as I don't believe that those who cannot give joy live...
References
[edit]- ^ Czech Radio Broadcast Article
- ^ a b Skálová, Johana. Nevyjasněná úmrtí V. 1st Ed. Praha : The World Circle Foundation, 2000. ISBN 80-902731-7-3.
- ^ Jiří Grossmann Theatre
- ^ Crime in a Music Hall at IMDB
- ^ Šimek, M. – Wágner, M. Pro někoho šoumen, pro mě kamarád Slávek. 1st Ed. Praha : Brána : Knižní klub, 2004. 223 pp. ISBN 80-7243-225-7.
- ^ Své banjo odhazuji dál by Supraphon
- ^ Své banjo odhazuji dál by Countryworld
- ^ Jako kotě si příst by Supraphon
- ^ Czech National Radio Broadcast Article
External links
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- 1941 births
- 1971 deaths
- Czech male poets
- Czech songwriters
- Male actors from Prague
- Czech Technical University in Prague alumni
- Czech male stage actors
- Czech male film actors
- Czech male television actors
- 20th-century Czech poets
- Czechoslovak male actors
- Deaths from cancer in Czechoslovakia
- Deaths from Hodgkin lymphoma
- 20th-century Czech male writers