About Pavel Oliva
Lived 1923 – 2021 (aged 97). Pavel Oliva was a Czech writer, university teacher, historian, teacher, classical philologist and translator.
Pavel Oliva, born Pavel Ohrenstein (23 November 1923 – 5 March 2021) was a Czech classical philologist, historian of antiquity, writer and Holocaust survivor.
Works Řecko mezi Makedonií a Římem, Academia, 1995. Kolébka demokracie: dějiny a kultura klasického Řecka 5.–4. století př. n. l., Arista, 2000. Zrození evropské civilizace, Arista, Epocha, 2003. Holokaust mé rodiny, Arista, 2009.
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Who was Pavel Oliva?
Czech filologist (1923-2021)
When was Pavel Oliva born?
Pavel Oliva was born on 23 November 1923 in Karlín, Prague.
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Pavel Oliva died on 5 March 2021.
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Pavel Oliva was a writer, university teacher, historian, teacher, classical philologist and translator.
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Pavel Oliva was Czech.
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