Čestmír Vejdělek

Čestmír Vejdělek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛstmiːr ˈvɛjɟɛlɛk]; October 8, 1925 – November 14, 2011) was a Czech writer and former editor. In the years 1951-1967 he served as the director of the publishing house Mlada fronta. In 1967 he became director of the State Publishing House children's book (later a publishing house called Albatros). Due to politics from 1972 to 1977 he worked as a laborer. In 1977[1] he emigrated to the then Federal Republic of Germany, where he worked as a writer and publicist. He was involved in the exile magazine Listy. He is also the author of several science fiction novels.[2]

He was largely a literary writer, but his Návrat z ráje (Return from Paradise) is of some interest to science fiction. It has been described as a complex dystopia concerning a computer-ruled society.[3]

References

  1. ↑ NEFF, Ondřej; OLŠA, Jaroslav. Encyklopedie literatury science fiction. Praha, Jinočany : AFSF, H&H, 1995. ISBN 80-85390-33-7, ISBN 80-85787-90-3. Kapitola Čestmír Vejdělek, s. 394. (Czech)
  2. ↑ ADAMOVIČ, Ivan; NEFF, Ondřej. Slovník české literární fantastiky a science fiction. Praha : R3, 1995. ISBN 80-85364-57-3. Kapitola Vejdělek, Čestmír, s. 235. (Czech)
  3. ↑ ob. "Zemřel spisovatel Čestmír Vejdělek, autor slavné sci-fi Návrat z ráje - iDNES.cz". Kultura.idnes.cz. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
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