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Petr Placák

Czech writer · Czechia · On the map · Writers · Born 1964 · age 62

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).

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Magnesia Litera2008
Jiří Orten Award1989

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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.

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Czechia
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
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Living
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Born 1964 · age 62

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