Rudolf Krautschneider (born 22 August 1943) is a Czech sailor, writer and illustrator.

Biography

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Krautschneider was born in Vienna in 1943 into the family of an Austrian father and a Moravian mother, and was raised in Znojmo.[1]

In 1977, he sailed beyond the Arctic Circle with his first ship named Vela. He later sailed to Svalbard and the Falkland Islands with his ship Polka, and circled Antarctica on Polárka.[2] He later built a replica of Magellan's ship Victoria.[3]

He wrote most of his books in Czech and some in Polish (one of them, Świat polskich żaglonautów, is about Polish sailors including Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Henryk Jaskuła, Karol Olgierd Borchardt and Leonid Teliga). One of his books, Plachetnicí kolem světa pro pírko tučňáka, was translated into English as Around the World for the Feather of a Penguin (1999).

He also made documentary films during his travels.[4]

Books

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All books are in Czech, unless otherwise stated.

  • Lidé a oceán (1991, 2015, 2016)
  • Jak nelze zabít město (1992)
  • Dopisy z ostrova tučňáků (1995, 2014)
  • Legenda dobyvatelů (1997)
  • Plachetnicí kolem světa pro pírko tučňáka (1999, 2012, 2014)
    • also in Polish (Dookoła świata po piórko pingwina, 1999)
    • also in English (Around the World for the Feather of a Penguin, 1999)
  • Ludojad (2002, in Polish only)
  • Niezamknięta duża pętla (2003, in Polish only)
  • Historie libštátského jachtingu (2005)
  • Co přinesly vlny a odvál vítr (2006, 2014, 2017)
    • also in Polish (Co przyniosły fale i wiatr, 2006)
  • Nie zamknięta duża pętla (2007, in Polish only)
  • Ocean, samotny żeglarz i jego łódź (2007, in Polish only)
  • Tylko jedna może być pierwsza (2008, in Polish only)
  • Kluci ze Starého Města (2008)
  • Ring volný - třetí kolo (2009)
  • Moře solí země (2010, 2019)
  • Vnučka oceánu (2010, 2014)
    • also in Polish (Wnuczka oceanu, 2015)
  • Život v kleči aneb Za hory za doly (2011)
  • Znojemská trilogie (2014)
  • Świat polskich żaglonautów (2015, in Polish only)
  • Chlapec od řeky Dyje (2018)
  • Sobre las Islas Canarias, el yate, el mar y la añoranza (2019, in Spanish)
  • Zvorat oceán i nepevninu (2020)
  • Obyvatelé suchého moře (2021)
  • Ostrovy pěti oceánů (2021)
  • Ve vodě na suchu (2022)

References

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  1. ^ Mifek, František (12 December 2015). "Na moři je ten, kdo tam chce být. Tvrdí mořský vlk Rudolf Krautschneider". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ Kučerová, Thea (21 August 2020). "Nekonvenční mořeplavec. Rudolf Krautschneider chce s nejmenší oceánskou lodí na Atlantik". HN.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ Orel, Ivan (2002). "Victoria znamená vítězství: V Magellanových stopách o 500 let později". Vesmir.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ Sladký, Pavel (21 September 2011). "Rudolf Krautschneider: Česká mořeplavecká legenda". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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