Edgar Dutka

Edgar Dutka

1941, Vídeňské Nové Město
Writer

Edgar Dutka is a university lecturer (FAMU, UMPRUM), screenwriter –  known for Béďa Rošťák (Béďa the Rascal), Já Baryk (Me, Baryk) –  a director, and a writer. He debuted with his autobiographical novel U útulku 5 (At Shelter 5). For his novel Slečno, ras přichází (The Knacker’s Coming, Miss), he received the National Prize for Literature.