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Ludvík Vaculík

Czech publicist, politic writer and bookwriter (1926-2015) · Czechia · On the map · Writers · Died at 88

Ludvík Vaculík was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent samizdat writer, he was best known as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968.

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2015Died6 June 20152010Ferdinand Peroutka AwardAward2008Czech State Award for LiteratureAward2002Karel Čapek PrizeAward1996Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class IIIAward1987Jaroslav Seifert PrizeAward1978Egon Hostovský PrizeAward1926Born23 July 1926

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Ferdinand Peroutka Award2010
Czech State Award for Literature2008
Karel Čapek Prize2002
Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III1996
Jaroslav Seifert Prize1987
Egon Hostovský Prize1978

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Czechia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1926 to 2015 · aged 88

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