He has written novels, short stories and screenplays, which were translated into over twenty languages and shine among this century's outstanding literary achievements. They include Night and Hope, Diamonds of the Night, Darkness Casts No Shadow, A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova and Lovely Green Eyes. In the fifties and sixties, he played a major role in the Czech “New Wave” cinema. Lustig left Czechoslovakia in the wake of the 1968 Soviet invasion and is now Professor of Literature and Film at American University in Washington D.C., dividing his time between Washington and Prague.