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Ladislav Fuks

1923 - 1994

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Ladislav Fuks (September 24, 1923 in Prague – August 19, 1994 in Prague) was a Czech novelist. He focused mainly on psychological novels, portraying the despair and suffering of people under Nazi German occupation of Czechoslovakia. He was considered one of the most significant and inventive Czech fiction writers of his time. Fuks was born in Prague on September 24, 1923, the son of Vaclav Fuks (a police officer) and Marie Frycková Fuksová. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ladislav Fuks is the 4,743rd most popular writer (down from 4,346th in 2019), the 609th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 540th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among writers, Ladislav Fuks ranks 4,743 out of 7,302. Before him are Juan Montalvo, Źmitrok Biadula, Alexander Tairov, Alifa Rifaat, Dun Karm Psaila, and Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. After him are Vladimir Dudintsev, Vitaly Bianki, David Belasco, Sakyo Komatsu, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, and Mieke Bal.

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Among people born in 1923, Ladislav Fuks ranks 303. Before him are William Guarnere, Jaroslav Pelikan, Pierre Chaunu, Stefan Bozhkov, Kosta Tomašević, and Xie Jin. After him are Adolf Grünbaum, Juan Acuña, Vittorio De Seta, Helen Murray Free, V. N. Janaki, and Fats Navarro. Among people deceased in 1994, Ladislav Fuks ranks 237. Before him are Abdullah al-Sallal, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Charlotte Auerbach, David Dunlap, Enrico Maria Salerno, and William Wilson Morgan. After him are Koto Matsudaira, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Rosa Chacel, William Higinbotham, Zoltán Beke, and Bruno Habārovs.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ladislav Fuks ranks 609 out of 1,200. Before him are Jiří Skobla (1930), Patrik Ouředník (1957), František Langer (1888), Jan Černý (1874), Tomáš Šmíd (1956), and Wenzel Müller (1767). After him are Tomáš Galásek (1973), Kurt Raab (1941), Svatopluk Čech (1846), Karel Urbánek (1941), August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), and František Čelakovský (1799).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Ladislav Fuks ranks 66. Before him are Gudrun Pausewang (1928), Ladislav Mňačko (1919), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), Patrik Ouředník (1957), and František Langer (1888). After him are Svatopluk Čech (1846), František Čelakovský (1799), Roderich Menzel (1907), Petr Bezruč (1867), Emil František Burian (1904), and Karolina Světlá (1830).

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