{"id":55591,"date":"2022-09-23T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folny.limea.cz\/bio\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T21:36:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T19:36:05","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.janfolny.cz\/en\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_221b16e9 height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_middle type_default reversed\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner us_custom_c6332c30\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:4rem\" id=\"of94\"><style>@media(max-width:600px){ #of94{height:3rem!important}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_fe4ac157\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1>Jan Foln\u00fd<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:1.5rem\" id=\"y5f8\"><style>@media(max-width:600px){ #y5f8{height:1rem!important}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_5becaa39\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Author of books:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Od\u202fsebe \/ k\u202fsob\u011b<\/strong> (Push\/Pull), <strong>Buz\u00ed\u010dci<\/strong> (Little Queers), <strong>V\u00edkend v&nbsp;Lond\u00fdn\u011b<\/strong> (A&nbsp;Weekend in London), also in Serbian as Vikend u&nbsp;Londonu and award-winning latest novel <strong>Hotel Royal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:3rem\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-7 vc_col-md-6 wpb_column vc_column_container hide_on_tablets has_bg_color stretched\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner us_custom_0b7b6b16\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_8cceadb7 height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-10 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2><strong>Bio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Jan Foln\u00fd (1977) is a&nbsp;Czech novelist and short-story writer.<\/p>\n<p>Originally worked as a&nbsp;teacher of Czech and Russian languages, however, after professional \u201cburnout\u201d, he moved to the UK and Ireland, where he currently lives and works.<\/p>\n<p>His debut work as a&nbsp;writer was <strong>Od\u202fsebe\/k\u202fsob\u011b<\/strong> \/ Push\/Pull (LePress, Praha 2010), a&nbsp;novel about a&nbsp;Czech expat living, working and finding himself in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>His collection of connected short stories <strong>Buz\u00ed\u010dci<\/strong> \/ Little Queers (Host, Brno 2013) was very well received by both critics and readers. In this book Foln\u00fd presents the highs and lows in the lives of Prague homosexuals in a&nbsp;unique way.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 Foln\u00fd published <strong>V\u00edkend v&nbsp;Lond\u00fdn\u011b<\/strong> \/ A&nbsp;Weekend in London (Host, Brno 2018), a&nbsp;novel about how there may no longer be time to do everything in life. A&nbsp;story of three Czech friends turning forty and spending a&nbsp;remarkable weekend in the English capital.<\/p>\n<p>His most recent work is the novel <strong>Hotel Royal<\/strong> (Euromedia, Praha 2022). In this book Foln\u00fd invites readers for an exciting and rather disturbing show round of a&nbsp;fictional luxurious London hotel through interconnected stories of hotel employees and hotel guests.<\/p>\n<p>Foln\u00fd\u00b4s story <strong>Invisible Man<\/strong> was translated to Bulgarian and Ukrainian. His novel Weekend in London has been published in Serbia (<strong>Vikend u&nbsp;Londonu<\/strong>, Ammonite, Beograd 2020).<\/p>\n<p>In September 2022, his book Hotel Royal was awarded the Czech Literary Award from Reflex magazine. <i class=\"w-itext-cursor\"><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan Foln\u00fd Author of books: Od\u202fsebe \/ k\u202fsob\u011b (Push\/Pull), Buz\u00ed\u010dci (Little Queers), V\u00edkend v Lond\u00fdn\u011b (A Weekend in London), also in Serbian as Vikend u Londonu and award-winning latest novel Hotel Royal. Bio Jan Foln\u00fd (1977) is a Czech novelist and short-story writer. 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