WRITER

Josef Škvorecký

1924 - 2012

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Josef Škvorecký (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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Škvorecký is the 2,880th most popular writer (down from 2,748th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 339th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josef Škvorecký ranks 2,880 out of 7,302. Before him are John Ashbery, Samad Vurgun, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Gasparo Contarini, Aelred of Rievaulx, and Angela Carter. After him are Alexander Imich, Sæmundr fróði, Stefan Heym, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, and Andrei Sinyavsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Josef Škvorecký ranks 195. Before him are Ken Tyrrell, Olivier Gendebien, Alain Bombard, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Idries Shah, and Edward Cassidy. After him are Johannes Mario Simmel, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, George Mikan, Nek Chand, Wally Ris, and Mutesa II of Buganda. Among people deceased in 2012, Josef Škvorecký ranks 166. Before him are Maxim of Bulgaria, George McGovern, Pavel Grachev, Ivica Horvat, Adrienne Rich, and George Knobel. After him are Friedrich Hirzebruch, Manuel Fraga, Shulamith Firestone, Fiorenzo Magni, Angelo Dundee, and Lisa Della Casa.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Škvorecký ranks 359 out of 1,200. Before him are Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Artur London (1915), Saul Friedländer (1932), Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia (1204), Jaromír Jágr (1972), and Jiří Holeček (1944). After him are Petr Chelčický (1390), Josef Beran (1888), Jiří Kylián (1947), Václav Talich (1883), Tom Stoppard (1937), and Melchior Grodziecki (1584).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Škvorecký ranks 36. Before him are Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Alois Jirásek (1851), Ernst Weiss (1882), Józef Czapski (1896), Josef Jungmann (1773), and Karel Jaromír Erben (1811). After him are Petr Chelčický (1390), Tom Stoppard (1937), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Viktor Dyk (1877), Karel Píč (1920), and Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821).

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