Bára Nesvadbová

Bára Nesvadbová in November 2010

Bára (Barbara) Nesvadbová (born 14 June 1975, Prague) is a Czech novel, column and fairy-tale writer. She also works as a journalist.

Biography

Barbara was born into the family of two doctors, psychiatrists. Her mother, Libuše Nesvadbová, takes care of immigrants and ethnic minorities. Her father, Josef Nesvadba (died 2005) was known as a writer of sci-fi literature. He graduated from medical school, specializing in psychiatry, and was one of the pioneers of collective psychotheraphy. Barbara successfully graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague – fields of journalism and mass communication. She then worked as the chief editor of Xantypa and Playboy magazine. Nowadays, she is the chief editor of Czech Harper's Bazaar. During her university studies she started cooperating with editor Romana Přidalová, who discovered her gift for writing. Up until this point, she only wrote short columns which were later interconnected with one character and so her short essays developed. Her first book containing these essays is called Řízkaři and is about sex, relationships and groping of the young journalist Karla. Then another books followed – Bestiář and Život nanečisto. Irena Pavlásková (Barbara's close friend) wrote a screenplay according to Bestiář with the help of Barbara. Pavlásková then directed the film and Bestiář had its premiere in 2007. Barbara became well known among people due to her marriage to ex-minister Karel Březina in 2001, later their daughter Bibiana was born. Because of the huge media pressure Barbara and Karel Březina divorced two years later. Her last book called Pohádkář was published in 2008. She is preparing her first fairy-tale book called Bibi a čtyři kočky ("Bibi and the four cats"). This book was named after her daughter. You can also hear her on radio Impuls where she has her own show called The Mirror of Barbara Nesvadbová. Her books are partly autobiographical. Sex is a major topic and the author is very often criticized for that.

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Screenplays

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