Zdena Salivarová
Zdena Salivarová (born October 21, 1933)[1] is a Czech-born writer and translator living in Canada.[2]
She was born in Prague and studied script-writing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She came to Toronto in the year 1969[2] with her husband Josef Škvorecký following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.[3]
During the 1960s, she worked as a singer and actress. In 1968, she published a collection of short stories Pánská jízda.[4]
With her husband, she founded a publishing house in Toronto, 68 Publishers,[2] which published Czech books that were banned in communist Czechoslovakia. Salivarová and her husband wrote Samožerbuch (1977) about the history of the publishing house.[4]
She received the Egon Hostovský award in 1976. With her husband, she was named to the Order of the White Lion in 1990 for their work in promoting Czech literature.[4]
Selected works[2]
- Honzlová (Summer in Prague), novel (1972)
- Nebe, peklo, ráj (Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down), novel (1976)
Filmography
- 1969 End of a Priest - Anna
- 1967 Mučedníci lásky
- 1966 A Report on the Party and the Guests
References
- ^ "Zdena Salivarová". Slovník české literatury po roce 1945 (in Czech).
- ^ a b c d "Zdena Salivarová". Czech literature portal.
- ^ Boyagoda, Randy. "The World According to Škvorecký". The Walrus (October/November, 2008).
- ^ a b c "Zdena Salivarová". Prague Writers' Festival.
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