Svatopluk Turek
Czech playwright, publicist, bookwriter, scriptwriter and writer
About Svatopluk Turek
Lived 1900 – 1972 (aged 72). Svatopluk Turek was a writer, children's writer, playwright, journalist, graphic artist and painter.
Svatopluk Turek (25 October 1900 in Hodslavice – 30 December 1972 in Zlín) was a Czech novelist, known under the pen name T. Svatopluk.
After studying art at the university, he worked as graphic designer for the Bata shoe company in Zlín. He is best known for his book Botostroj (The Shoe Machine), in which he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying the lives of people and its boss Tomáš Baťa as a dictator. The novel is written in very fast, expressive language.
The family of Tomáš Baťa sued for defamation and tried in various ways to stop publication of the book.
Works Botostroj (The Shoe Machine), 1933 Bez šéfa (Without the Boss), a sequel after the company was nationalized Mrtví země Andělé úspěchu Gordonův trust žaluje (also titled Pán a spisovatel) Hrdinové z ostrova Švédský mramor
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Who was Svatopluk Turek?
Czech playwright, publicist, bookwriter, scriptwriter and writer (1900–1972)
When was Svatopluk Turek born?
Svatopluk Turek was born on 25 October 1900 in Hodslavice.
When did Svatopluk Turek die?
Svatopluk Turek died on 30 December 1972 in Zlín.
What was Svatopluk Turek's occupation?
Svatopluk Turek was a writer, children's writer, playwright, journalist, graphic artist and painter.
What nationality was Svatopluk Turek?
Svatopluk Turek's recorded nationality: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
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