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Josef Škvorecký CM (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈʃkvorɛtskiː] ⓘ; September 27, 1924 – January 3, 2012) was a Czech-Canadian writer and publisher. He spent half of his life in Canada, publishing and supporting banned Czech literature during the communist era.
Josef Škvorecký (27. září 1924 Náchod – 3. ledna 2012 Toronto) byl česko-kanadský spisovatel-prozaik, esejista, překladatel a exilový nakladatel, spolu s manželkou Zdenou Salivarovou zakladatel exilového nakladatelství ’68 Publishers v Torontu.
Josef Škvorecký, CM was a Czech writer and publisher who spent much of his life in Canada. Škvorecký was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1980. He and his wife were long-time supporters of Czech dissident writers before the fall of communism in that country.
The Cowards (originally Zbabělci) is a Czech novel by Josef Škvorecký. Written in 1948–49 but not published until 1958, it is a story from the very end of the Second World War in Europe.
Jan 4, 2012 · Josef Skvorecky, novelist, editor, publisher, professor (born at Nachod, Czech 27 Sept 1924; died at Toronto, ON 3 Jan 2012). Born in northern Czechoslovakia, Josef Skvorecky's education was interrupted by forced labour in a Nazi aircraft factory during the SECOND WORLD WAR.
Josef Škvorecký was born in 1924 in Náchod, Czechoslovakia. He studied English and philosophy and became a teacher. Zbabelci (The Cowards), his first novel, was banned on publication. In 1968, after the Soviet invasion, he and his wife left Czechoslovakia and eventually settled in Toronto.
Jan 5, 2012 · Josef Skvorecky, a renowned Czech author who drew on his experiences under the Nazis and the Communists to write fiction that captured the corruptions and humiliations of the 20th century,...
Apr 9, 2024 · Josef Škvorecký (1924-2012) was a writer and publisher. After receiveing his PhD in Philosophy, Škvorecký began to write novels, which were banned by the Communist government in Czechoslovakia. Many of his works espoused democratic ideals that threatened the state of the government, but his novels helped to usher in the Prague Spring in 1968.
Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012) was a Czech author and publisher. After receiving his PhD in philosophy, Škvorecký began to write novels, which were banned by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
A native of Nachod, a small town on the northeastern border of Bohemia—the westernmost part of Czechoslovakia—Josef Skvorecky has experienced virtually every major political system of twentieth-century Europe: liberal democracy under the nation’s first and second presidents, Tomas Masaryk and Eduard Benes, until the Munich Pact of 1938 ...
