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(1935-2020) Screenwriter, playwright. Milena Jelinek was born in Prestice, Czech Republic, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Milena Jelinek

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline

1935

BIRTH

Milena Tobolova was born in Prestice, Czech Republic, on August 19, 1935.

1957

LITWORK

An Easy Life


Screenplay.

1961

RESIDENCE

About 1961, Ms. Jelinek moved to Ithaca, New York, where her husband taught at Cornell University.

1980

OTHER

In the 1980s, Ms. Jelinek began teaching at Columbia University.

1996

LITWORK

Forgotten Light


Screenplay.

2007

LITWORK

Adina


Play performed in the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

LITWORK

Kafka's Women


Ms. Jelinek wrote the libretto for the opera, "Kafka's Women," by Czech composer Jir�� Kader��bek, performed at the Cell Theater in New York City.

2020

DEATH

Milena Jelinek died in Manhattan, New York, on April 15, 2020.

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