Bohumil Hrabal

Bohumil Hrabal (1914-1997) was born in Moravia. He is the author of such classics as Closely Watched Trains (made into an Academy-Award winning film by Jiri Menzel), The Death of Mr. Baltisberger , I Served the King of England , and Too Loud a Solitude . He fell to his death from the fifth floor of a Prague hospital, apparently trying to feed the pigeons.

Bohumil Hrabal (1914-1997) was born in Moravia. He is the author of such classics as Closely Watched Trains (made into an Academy-Award winning film by Jiri Menzel), The Death of Mr. Baltisberger , I Served the King of England , and Too Loud a Solitude . He fell to his death from the fifth floor of a Prague hospital, apparently trying to feed the pigeons. See less