Ota Filip
Ota Filip | |
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 Ota Filip, photo by Ota Filip, 1997 | |
| Born | 9 March 1930 Ostrava, Czech Republic |
| Died | 2 March 2018 (aged 87) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| Occupation | Novelist, Journalist, Essayist, Translator |
| Nationality | German |
| Genre | fiction, non-fiction, satire, essay, literature, political commentary, social commentary, literary criticism |
| Spouse | Marie Filip (nee Ledvinova) (m. 1953) |
| Children | Pavel Filip, Filip, Hana |
Ota Filip (9 March 1930 – 2 March 2018)[1] was a Czech novelist and journalist. He has written in both German and Czech.
During the communist era government of Czechoslovakia his works were banned or censored by the authorities, and after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact Armed Forces in 1968, he was sentenced for his dissident activities, and incarcerated between 1969 and 1971.
After he was released from political prison, he moved to Germany in 1974.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Zemřel přední český exilový spisovatel Ota Filip. Podívejte se na jeho poslední rozhovor pro Reflex". Reflex.cz.
- ↑ "Slovník české literatury". Slovnikceskeliteratury.cz. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Homepage
- Slovnik ceske literatury
- Medailon na Portálu české literatury Archived 2010-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Ota Filip a poznámky k jeho takzvaným ostravským románům Archived 2013-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
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