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Alfonz Bednár

13. 10. 1914
Rožňová Neporadza
—  9. 11. 1989
Bratislava
Genre:
essay, general fiction, screenwriting, ya and children's books

Complete list of works

novels:
The Glass Hill (Sklený vrch, 1954), Hours and Minutes (Hodiny a minúty, 1956, novellas), An Alien (Cudzí, 1960, novellas), The Tooth of Thunder (Hromový zub, 1964), The Balcony Was Too High (Balkón bol privysoko, 1968, novella), A Handful of Small Change I (Za hrsť drobných /v kazete z Péšévaru/, 1970), A Hand ful of Small Change II (Za hrsť drobných /v umelom Cézarovi/, 1974), A Handful of Small Change III (Za hrsť drobných /z rozvojovej planéty Tryfé/, 1981), a novel trilogy; We Dried the Linen (Ako sme sušili bielizeň, 1985), Testimony (Výpoveď, 1986), Ad Revidendum, Gemini (1988), The Lonesome Raven (Osamelý havran, 1989), The Wreath (Veniec, 1991), The Holey Ducat (Dutý dukát, 1992), Wrath on the Plate (Veniec na tanieri, 1993), The Fields I - II (Role I - II, 1995)

poetry for children:
A Tree (Strom, 1949), Useless Appetites for Delicacy (Márne chúťky na pochúťky, 1950), Two Trees (Dva stromy, 1963)

travelogues:
The Greek Still-life (Grécke zátišie, 1958)

screenplays:
The Sun in a Net, Organ, Three Daughters, Genius, Great Night, Great Day, Penelope, Girl Friends, A Morning under the Moon (TV script), My Black Horses (TV script)

translations by the author:
Bednár translated several novels of D. Defoe, A. C. Doyle, H. Fast, J. Galsworthy,
E. Hemingway, S. Heym, J. K. Jerome, S. Lewis, J. London, G. B. Shaw, M. Twain, and others.

works translated (selection):
The Glass Hill (1958 Czech, 1962 Hungarian, 1965 Serbo-Croatian)
Hours and Minutes (1971 Slovenian, 1974 German, 1986 Polish, Japanese)
An Alien (1960 Czech)
The Tooth of Thunder (1968 Czech)
The Balcony Was Too High (1970 Czech, 1979 Polish)
A Handful of Small Change II (1977 Czech) Polish, 1984 Lithuanian)
A Handful of Small Change II (1977 Czech) The Cradle (1964 Serbo-Croatian, 1975 Bulgarian; novellas)
House Nr. 4/B (1979 Russian, selected novels and novellas)