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Ota Filip
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Ota Filip (* 9. března 1930, Slezská Ostrava) je jedna z předních postav české exilové literatury.

Po maturitě (1948) pracoval v různých zaměstnáních (sportovní redaktor Mladé Fronty, horník, v letech …

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