Jan Lipšanský

Who is Jan Lipšanský?

Jan Lipšanský is a Czech journalist, screenplay writer, writer and stage director.

He studied at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, screenplaywriting and dramaturgy. He is active in advertisement, as journalist he was in various known Czech newspapers and magazines. He worked as public relations editor in Czech Television.

He wrote some screenplays for Czech Television and for some amateur movie makers. He is also active in radio broadcasting Czech Radio, Radio Vaticana. He was the president of Ecumenical Jury at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2002.

His stories you can find in Mysli si svět, Jak Češi jednají, Fantasy 1992 /2002, České srdce pro Jana Pavla II., Brněnská diecéze, Historie a vzpomínky, sborník literární soutěže Řehečská slepice 2007.

His first novel, The Death of Fallen Brother was published by Fatym, 2005, and reprinted by Akcent, Třebíč in 2009. He also wrote historic drama about Czech king Wenceslas II. Deník Václava II.