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Zdeněk Svěrák
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Populární český dramatik, scénárista, textař a herec. Úzce spolupracuje s Ladislavem Smoljakem (v divadle, v 70.-80. letech i jako filmový scenárista), se svým synem Janem (ve filmu od 90. let) a s hu…

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Český spisovatel, známý svými humoristickými romány a povídkami. Jeho otec byl voják z povolání.

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Viktor Dyk was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was one …
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Karel Havlíček Borovský was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher.
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Leïla Slimani is a French writer and journalist of Moroccan ancestry. In 2016 she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce.

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