About František Listopad
Lived 1921 – 2017 (aged 95). František Listopad was a Portuguese and Czech translator, poet, publisher, university teacher, journalist and theatre director.
František Listopad (26 November 1921 – 1 October 2017) (born Jiří Synek, in Portugal known as Jorge Listopad) was a Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, theatre and television director, promoter of Czech literature and culture abroad, regarded as an expert on Central European thought and cultural output.
Biography František Listopad was born on 26 November 1921 in Prague and died in Lisbon on 1 October 2017. His nom de plume of Listopad is Czech for November, the month of his birth. After graduating from Jirásek Grammar School, he studied Aesthetics and Literary Science at the Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University.
In 2007, he was awarded the literary prize by La fondation de la Charte 77.
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Who was František Listopad?
Czech publicist and writer (1921–2017)
When was František Listopad born?
František Listopad was born on 26 November 1921 in Prague.
When did František Listopad die?
František Listopad died on 1 October 2017 in Lisbon.
What was František Listopad's occupation?
František Listopad was a translator, poet, publisher, university teacher, journalist and theatre director.
What nationality was František Listopad?
František Listopad was Portuguese and Czech.
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