Literary Library

Milan Kundera

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1929 - July 11, 2023Czech-French novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being",...
Austrian State Prize Czech Czech State Literature Prize Czechoslavakia Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays France French Jerusalem Prize Ovid Prize Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Lida Durdikova

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1899 - March 8, 1955Czech writer of children's booksAuthor of "Fluff, The Little Wild Rabbit", "Mischief, The Squirrel" and "Bourru, The B...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Czech Czechoslavakia

Vaclav E. Benes

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1931 - Czech-American mathematician and writerAuthor of "General Stochastic Processes in the Theory of Queues" and "Mathematical Theory ...
Czech Czechoslavakia Math Mathematician Mathematics Writer

Ivan Blatny

by Angela Beck
December 21, 1919 - August 5, 1990Czech poetAuthor of "Melancholic Walks" and "The Drug of Art"
Czech Czechoslavakia Poem Poems Poet Poetry