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

References

  1. ^ "Zdena Salivarová". Slovník české literatury po roce 1945 (in Czech).
  2. ^ a b c d "Zdena Salivarová". Czech literature portal.
  3. ^ Boyagoda, Randy. "The World According to Škvorecký". The Walrus (October/November, 2008).
  4. ^ a b c "Zdena Salivarová". Prague Writers' Festival.


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