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Michal Viewegh


Born
in Prague, Czech Republic
March 31, 1962

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Michal Viewegh is one of the most popular contemporary Czech writers and the bestselling one. He writes about romantic relationships of his contemporaries with humour, and variously successful irony and attempts at deeper meaningfulness; he is sometimes compared to Nick Hornby by his fans.

His books, which, since the late 1990s, he publishes every spring, usually sell about 50,000 copies each, bringing him an upper-high-class income unparalleled among Czech writers (by his own boastful admissions, his royalties from a successful book are equal to roughly 8 years of an average Czech salary). His 2004 income was Kč 4 million. Viewegh likes to point out this success with readers, as well as the fact that his books have been translated to severa ...more

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Average rating: 3.4 · 11,394 ratings · 604 reviews · 94 distinct works • Similar authors
Báječná léta pod psa
3.76 avg rating — 3,012 ratings — published 1992 — 27 editions
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Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia
3.39 avg rating — 1,341 ratings — published 1994 — 31 editions
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Román pro ženy
3.31 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 2001
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Účastníci zájezdu
3.40 avg rating — 724 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions
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Biomanželka
3.06 avg rating — 653 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
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Vybíjená
3.55 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 2004
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Andělé všedního dne
3.61 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 2007
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Mafie v Praze
3.46 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Případ nevěrné Kláry
3.30 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions
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Povídky o manželství a o sexu
3.25 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions
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“Баща ми байцваше майка ми, подчертаваше рисунъка на годишните й кръгове.”
― Michal Viewegh, Báječná léta pod psa
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“- Както баба ни ходеше на изток, когато искаше да се почувства по-млада, така баща ни - за да се почувства човек - трябваше да ходи на Запад - каза Квидо на редактора. - Добре се разпределиха.”
― Michal Viewegh, Báječná léta pod psa
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“Така стояха нещата: баба Либа се връщаше в детството си. По всичко личеше, че кара рицидив на периода на първи прояви на инат.”
― Michal Viewegh, Báječná léta pod psa
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