{{short description|Czech poet and author of prose (born 1980)}} {{expand Czech|date=March 2024|topic=bio}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Adam Georgiev | image = Adam Georgiev (2014).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Adam Georgiev (2014) | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|7|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist, poet | period = | genre = Postmodern prose, LGBT prose, Dirty realism, Social-critical prose, Metaphysical poetry | subject = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.facebook.com/AdamGeorgiev}} }} '''Adam Georgiev''' (born 4 July 1980) is a Czech poet and author of prose. He is most known as an author of gay literature.
==Career== Georgiev received two nominations for the Book of the Year 2007 from a professional poll conducted by Czech newspaper ''Lidové noviny'', for his book ''Básník Trýzeň Kat'' (Poet Torment Executioner), a collection of verses from 1997 to 2007. One of the nominations from the poll was from Eva Kantůrková, the president of the Academy of Czech Literature, who praised "the defiant nature of the text, which resists not only the popular but also the literary mood of our day and age content with banality".<ref name="Kniha roku 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.lidovky.cz/kniha-roku-2007-0cz-/ln_kultura.asp?c=A071220_123128_ln_kultura_nev |title=Kniha roku 2007|website=Lidové noviny|date= 20 December 2007|accessdate=2014-03-21|language=cs}}</ref> The other nomination was from Polish journalist Mariusz Szczygieł, who compared the "metaphysics and spirituality" of the book to Ladislav Klíma.<ref name="Kniha roku 2007"/> Literary theoretician Alexej Mikulášek described the book as "one of best to come out of Czech literature this past year".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obrys-kmen.cz/index.php?rok=2008&cis=11&cl=05 |title=Revoluci lidství!|website=OBRYS-KMEN|accessdate=2014-03-21|language=cs}}</ref>
Georgiev then released three books of prose, known as the "gay trilogy": ''Planeta samých chlapců'' (''Christ Is Dancing'') (2008), ''Bulvár slunce'' (''Boulevard of the Sun'') (2009) and ''Zabij mě, Eliso'' (''Kill Me, Elisa'') (2009). The books are characterized by their openness towards homosexuality. A review in literary journal ''Literární noviny'' described Georgiev's writing as depicting the trauma of gay society.<ref name="literarky1">{{cite web|url=http://literarky.cz/index_o.php?p=clanek&id=5874&rok=2008&cislo=40 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529193436/http://literarky.cz/index_o.php?p=clanek&id=5874&rok=2008&cislo=40 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |title=Literární noviny |website=literarky.cz |accessdate=2014-03-21|language=cs}}</ref> Excerpts from ''Boulevard of the Sun'' are included in the Czech anthologies, ''Kniha o čuráku'' (''Book About a Dick'') and ''Kniha o mrdání'' (''Book About Screwing'') (both published in 2009).
Georgiev's next work was in the form of fictitious letters from Paul Verlaine to Arthur Rimbaud, in the book ''Arthure, ty děvko umění'' (''Arthur, You Whore of Art'') (2010). Director Agnieszka Holland wrote the foreword to the book, which was described by ''Právo'' as "a testimony of bodily passion and literary creation".<ref>''Právo'', 12 May 2010</ref> This was followed by a dark and controversial novel about evil in the name of love, ''Třepetavý zvuk ptačích křídel'' (''Fluttering Sounds of Birds Wings'') (2011), which deals with the relationship between a soldier and a young boy. Georgiev described these two texts as "literary minimalism".{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Georgiev has also been published in Poland, by Krytyka Polityczna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krytykapolityczna.pl/wydawnictwo/autor/16528 |title=BIO ART – symbiotyczna przyszłość |website=Krytyka Polityczna |date= |accessdate=2014-03-21|language=pl}}</ref> A dissertation was written about Georgiev's work at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, in 2010.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Some of Georgiev's works have also been translated into Bulgarian<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.balkanatolia.com/c/sl-e/mid-125/p-p/id-43840/homogolgota-adam-georgiev.html |title=Homogolgota: Adam Georgiev |website=Balkanatolia|accessdate=2014-04-26|language=bg}}</ref> and Dutch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iliteratura.cz/Clanek/26057/prekladatelske-forum-2010- |title=Aktualita – Překladatelské fórum 2010|website=iLiteratura |date= 18 March 2010|accessdate=2014-03-21|language=cs}}</ref> In 2013, the first translation into English was made, of ''Planeta samých chlapců'' (''Christ Is Dancing'').<ref>{{cite book|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=9yL5AgAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api |title=Christ Is Dancing |date=1980-07-04 |publisher=Nakladatelství Petrklíč |isbn=9788072294794 |accessdate=2014-03-21}}</ref>
Georgiev has been compared to a number of other authors, including Milan Kundera<ref name="literarky1"/> and Frédéric Beigbeder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.helikon.bg/books/56/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_158774.html#reviews |title=Хомоголгота от Адам Георгиев {{pipe}} ISBN 9789544917074 {{pipe}} Книги от онлайн книжарница Хеликон |website=Helikon.bg |date=2011-07-16|language=bg |accessdate=2014-03-21 |archive-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229163830/http://www.helikon.bg/books/56/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_158774.html#reviews |url-status=dead }}</ref> Polish newspaper ''Dziennik Gazeta Prawna'' wrote that ''Christ Is Dancing'' is "as if Almodóvar wrote ''We Children from Bahnhof Zoo''".{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
In 2010 he was reported by Czech Television to be the highest-selling gay author in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10121061347-q/210562210900003/video/101789 |title=Video Q |website=Czech Television|accessdate=2014-04-26|language=cs}}</ref> In 2012, Czech media reported that Agnieszka Holland had backed out of her original intention to christen Georgiev's social-critical prose ''Večeře u spisovatelky'' (''Dinner with the Authoress'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.literarky.cz/kultura/literatura/12590-agnieszka-hollandova-odmitla-ktit-prozu-veee-u-spisovatelky |title=Agnieszka Hollandová odmítla křtít prózu Večeře u spisovatelky |website=Literarky.cz |date=2014-03-13 |accessdate=2014-03-21 |language=cs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130093122/http://www.literarky.cz/kultura/literatura/12590-agnieszka-hollandova-odmitla-ktit-prozu-veee-u-spisovatelky |archive-date=2012-11-30 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The book tells the story of a relationship between a younger male author and an older female author.
==Bibliography== *''Poet Torment Executioner'' ({{langx|cs|Básník Trýzeň Kat}}), Prague 2007 *''Boys-Only Planet'' ({{langx|cs|Planeta samých chlapců}}), Prague 2008; foreword by Eva Kantůrková *''Holy Communion of Hell'' ({{langx|cs|Hostie pekla}}), Prague 2008 *''Boulevard of the Sun'' ({{langx|cs|Bulvár slunce}}), Prague 2009 *''Kill me, Elisa'' ({{langx|cs|Zabij mě, Eliso}}), Prague 2009 *''Arthur, You Whore of Art'' ({{langx|cs|Arthure, ty děvko umění}}), Prague 2010; foreword by Agnieszka Holland *''Planeta samych chlopców'', Warsaw 2010; Polish translation of ''Boys-Only Planet'' *''Fluttering Sounds of Birds Wings'' ({{langx|cs|Třepetavý zvuk ptačích křídel}}), Prague 2011 *''In the Name of'' ({{langx|cs|Ve jménu}}), Prague 2011 *''Homogolgota'', Plovdiv 2011; Bulgarian translation of ''Boys-Only Planet'' *''Dinner with the Authoress'' ({{langx|cs|Večeře u spisovatelky}}), Prague 2012 *''Christ Is Dancing'', e-book 2014; English translation of ''Boys-Only Planet'' *''Sanktvejtsdans'', Copenhagen 2016; Danish translation of ''Boys-Only Planet''
===Anthologies=== *''Book About a Dick'' (''Kniha o čuráku''), Prague 2009 *''Book About Screwing'' (''Kniha o mrdání''), Prague 2009
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