Josef \u0160kvoreck\u00fd pat\u0159il k\u00a0odch\u00e1zej\u00edc\u00ed generaci velik\u00e1n\u016f slova \u2013 vedle Bohumila Hrabala nebo Arno\u0161ta Lustiga a dal\u0161\u00edch. Jeho \u017eivot za\u010dal v\u00a0roce 1924, 27. z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed v\u00a0N\u00e1chod\u011b, kde nejd\u0159\u00edve pracoval jako pomocn\u00fd d\u011bln\u00edk.<\/p>\n
Po skon\u010den\u00ed v\u00e1lky za\u010dal studovat na vysok\u00e9 \u0161kole \u2013 od roku 1946 na Filosofick\u00e9 fakult\u011b UK, kterou absolvoval v\u00a0roce 1949.<\/p>\n
Po vojensk\u00e9 slu\u017eb\u011b nastoupil v\u00a0roce 1953 jako redaktor St\u00e1tn\u00edho nakladatelstv\u00ed kr\u00e1sn\u00e9 literatury a um\u011bn\u00ed (ze kter\u00e9ho se pozd\u011bji stal veleslavn\u00fd Odeon) a o t\u0159i roky pozd\u011bji za\u010dal p\u016fsobit coby redaktor \u010dasopisu Sv\u011btov\u00e1 literatura, kde se za dva roky dostal do pozice z\u00e1stupce \u0161\u00e9fredaktora.<\/p>\n
V\u00a0roce 1958 v\u0161ak vyd\u00e1v\u00e1 sv\u016fj rom\u00e1n Zbab\u011blci, kter\u00fd zp\u016fsob\u00ed skand\u00e1l obrovsk\u00fdch rozm\u011br\u016f, a Josef \u0160kvoreck\u00fd mus\u00ed \u010dasopis Sv\u011btov\u00e1 literatura opustit, sm\u00ed se v\u0161ak vr\u00e1tit do Odeonu. V\u00a0t\u00e9m\u017ee roce si bere Zdenu Salivarovou, se kterou z\u016fstane po cel\u00fd \u017eivot.<\/p>\n
V\u00a0roce 1969 odjel s\u00a0man\u017eelkou do USA, kde u\u017e z\u016fstali. O pouh\u00e9 dva roky pozd\u011bji zalo\u017eili man\u017eel\u00e9 \u0160kvore\u010dt\u00ed nakladatelstv\u00ed ’68 Publishers, ze kter\u00e9ho se postupem \u010dasu \u00a0stala legenda \u010deskoslovensk\u00e9 exilov\u00e9 literatury. P\u016fvodn\u011b bylo zalo\u017eeno pro vyd\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed \u010desk\u00fdch i p\u0159elo\u017een\u00fdch knih Josefa \u0160kvoreck\u00e9ho, ale vz\u00e1p\u011bt\u00ed do portfolia nakladatelstv\u00ed p\u0159ibyla \u0159ada \u010desk\u00fdch a slovensk\u00fdch autor\u016f. Knihy vydan\u00e9 v\u00a0Torontu se pak neleg\u00e1ln\u00ed cestou \u0161\u00ed\u0159ili do \u010ceskoslovenska.<\/p>\n
Josef \u0160kvoreck\u00fd byl autorem n\u011bkolika des\u00edtek knih, z\u00a0nich\u017e n\u011bkter\u00e9 psal se svou \u017eenou. Asi nejzn\u00e1m\u011bj\u0161\u00ed jsou rom\u00e1ny Zbab\u011blci (zde se prvn\u011b \u010dten\u00e1\u0159\u016fm p\u0159edstavil pozd\u011bji proslaven\u00fd autor\u016fv hrdina a alter-ego Danny Smi\u0159ick\u00fd), Tankov\u00fd prapor, Prima sezona nebo Legenda Em\u00f6ke.\u00a0 Velmi slavn\u00e9 jsou tak\u00e9 jeho detektivky, nap\u0159\u00edklad trilogie s\u00a0poru\u010d\u00edkem Bor\u016fvkou (Smutek poru\u010d\u00edka Bor\u016fvky, Konec poru\u010d\u00edka Bor\u016fvky, N\u00e1vrat poru\u010d\u00edka Bor\u016fvky).<\/p>\n
Z\u00e1b\u011br jeho d\u00edla je obrovsk\u00fd a nen\u00ed mo\u017en\u00e9 vzpomenout ani polovinu d\u016fle\u017eit\u00fdch prac\u00ed, rom\u00e1n\u016f, her a p\u0159eklad\u016f, kter\u00e9 vze\u0161ly z\u00a0jeho pera. Z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 po n\u011bm obrovsk\u00fd odkaz \u010desk\u00e9 literatu\u0159e, kter\u00fd patrn\u011b v\u00a0tomto rozsahu nem\u00e1 obdoby. Z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 po n\u011bm tak\u00e9 Liter\u00e1rn\u00ed akademie Josefa \u0160kvoreck\u00e9ho, pro kterou byl patronem a kter\u00e1 vychov\u00e1v\u00e1 mlad\u00e9 talenty.<\/p>\n
Z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 po n\u011bm mnoho des\u00edtek knih, p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh\u016f a poselstv\u00ed. Z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 toho po n\u011bm hodn\u011b.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ani za\u010d\u00e1tek ledna n\u00e1s neu\u0161et\u0159il od odchod\u016f velk\u00fdch jmen \u010desk\u00e9 literatury. Po Ji\u0159\u00edm Gru\u0161ovi, Ivanu M. Jirousovi, Han\u011b Andronikov\u00e9 nebo V\u00e1clavu Havlovi se na v\u011b\u010dnost odebral Josef \u0160kvoreck\u00fd, jeden z nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edch \u010desk\u00fdch liter\u00e1t\u016f 20. stolet\u00ed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nezarazene"],"acf":{"related_products":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}