# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/petr-placak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:04:47.830Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/petr-placak"
name: "Petr Placák"
slug: "petr-placak"
description: "Petr Placák, also known under pseudonym Petr Zmrzlík, is a Czech writer. During the communist regime in Czechoslovakia he published his works in samizdat. He was clarinettist in the Plastic People of the Universe since 1983 and recorded two albums with this band: Hovězí porážka (1982) and Půlnoční myš (1986). Later he worked as a journalist for many newspapers, such as Respekt and Lidové noviny. In 1989, he was attacked by members of StB. They were punished in 2014."
tagline: "Czech writer (born 1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petr_Plac%C3%A1k_(2020).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.602196
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ubudyho.libenskyostrov"
    handle:    "ubudyho.libenskyostrov"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10362030/"
    handle:    "nm10362030"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5e9a704-fa19-43a5-902c-be0d017e9135"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "بيتر بلاشاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Plac%C3%A1k"
    title: "Petr Placák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Plac%C3%A1k"
    title: "Petr Placák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Plac%C3%A1k"
    title: "Petr Placák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80"
    title: "Плацак, Петр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Petr_Plac%C3%A1k"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4364756"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4383228"
    title: "Petr Placák"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump