Michal Šanda

{{short description|Czech writer and poet (born 1965)}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1965|12|10}}

| birth_place = Prague

| occupation = Novelist, poet

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Michal Šanda (born December 10, 1965 in Prague) is a Czech writer and poet.

Life

After secondary school, he made his living in a series of jobs that included stonemasonry, bookselling, street vending, fowling and organ-grinding, as well as making fans on an ostrich farm and painting railway cars.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} Since 1991, he has worked as an archivist at the Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague where he lives.{{Cite web |title=Information and Documentation Department |url=https://www.idu.cz/en/about-us/theatre-institute/information-and-documentation-department |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.idu.cz}}

Although he started off as a poet, Michal Šanda is today regarded as a postmodern author because every book he writes explores a different genre and style.{{Cite web |title=Michal Šanda |url=https://www.czechlit.cz/en/author/michal-sanda-en/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=CzechLit |language=en-GB}}

Awards

Bologna Ragazzi Award 2022 – The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf (Tibbles),

Blueberry Award 2023 - award for the best nature and climate books for kids in the USA (Tibbles the Cat)

Bibliography

= Collective Works =

  • Generál v umyvadle plném blues, Větrné mlýny, Brno, {{ISBN|978-80-7443-467-9}}, (2022)

= Poetry collections =

  • stoa, KIC Brno, (1994)
  • Ošklivé příběhy z krásných slov, Protis Prague, {{ISBN|80-85940-20-5}}, (1996)
  • Metro, Protis Prague, {{ISBN|80-85940-48-5}}, (1998 and 2005)
  • Dvacet deka ovaru, Klokočí a Knihovna Jana Drdy Prague, {{ISBN|80-86240-05-3}}, (1998)
  • Býkárna, Druhé město Brno, {{ISBN|80-7227-252-7}}, with Milan Ohnisko and Ivan Wernisch, (2006)
  • Remington pod kredencí, Protis Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7386-050-9}}, (2009)
  • Rabování samozvaného generála Rona Zacapy v hostinci U Hrocha, Nakladatelství Pavel Mervart Červený Kostelec, {{ISBN|978-80-7465-155-7}}, (2015)

= Prose =

  • Blues 1890–1940, Petrov Brno, {{ISBN|80-7227-067-2}}, (2000)
  • Obecní radní Stoklasné Lhoty vydraživší za 37 Kč vycpaného jezevce pro potřeby školního kabinetu, Petrov Brno, {{ISBN|80-7227-110-5}}, (2001)
  • Sudamerická romance, Petrov Brno, {{ISBN|80-7227-164-4}}, (2003)
  • Kecanice, Protis Prague, {{ISBN|80-85940-75-2}}, (2006)
  • Dopisy, Dybbuk Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-86862-85-9}}, with Karel Havlíček Borovský, (2009)
  • Sebrané spí si, Nakladatelství Petr Štengl Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-87563-04-5}}, (2012)
  • Špacírkou přes čenich!, Nakladatelství Paseka Prague and Litomyšl, {{ISBN|978-80-7432-296-9}}, (2013)
  • MUDr. PhDr. Jarmila Beichtenová: Kazuistika pacientů Michala Šandy a Jakuba Šofara – literární anamnéza, Novela bohemica Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-87683-28-6}}, (2014)
  • Jakápak prdel, Týnská literární kavárna Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-903065-9-2}} and Druhé město Brno, {{ISBN|978-80-7227-364-5}}, (2015) with Ivan Wernisch
  • Autorské poznámky k divadelní grotesce Sráči, Nakladatelství Petr Štengl Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-87563-35-9}}, (2015)
  • Masná kuchařka mistra řezníka z Nelahozevsi Antonína Dvořáka, Dybbuk Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7438-152-2}}, (2016)
  • Údolí, Dybbuk Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7438-469-1}} and {{ISBN|978-80-7438-472-1}}, (2017)
  • Hemingwayův býk, Milan Hodek | Paper Jam Hradec Králové, {{ISBN|978-80-87688-79-3}}, (2018)
  • Umyvadlo plné vajglů, Dybbuk Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7438-227-7}}, (2020)
  • Mozek z blázna, Malvern Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7530-450-6}}, (2023)
  • Grotesky, Malvern Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7530-541-1}}, (2024)

= Children's books =

  • Merekvice, Dybbuk Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-86862-53-8}}, (2008)
  • Oskarovy rybářské trofeje, Novela bohemica Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-87683-38-5}}, (2014)
  • Dr. Moul, Michal Šanda at its own expense Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-270-3653-0}}, (2018)
  • Kosáku, co to máš v zobáku?, Meander Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7558-105-1}}, (2019)
  • Rukulíbám, Meander Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7558-133-4}}, (2020)
  • Tibbles, Meander Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7558-165-5}}, (2021)
  • Viktor & Віктор, Meander Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7558-177-8}}, (2022)
  • Tibbles the Cat, Albatros Media Group Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-00-07005-6}}, (2023)
  • Lední medvěd Rio zachraňuje prales, Meander Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7558-223-2}}, (2023)
  • Kruh, Meander Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7558-239-3}}, (2023)
  • Hravě o dopravě, Meander Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7558-264-5}}, (2024)
  • Čtverec, Meander Prague, {{ISBN|978-80-7558-267-6}}, (2024)

= Theater Plays =

  • Španělské ptáčky, Větrné mlýny Brno, ISSN 1213-7022, (2006)
  • Sorento, Větrné mlýny Brno, {{ISBN|978-80-7443-048-0}}, (2011)

References