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Title: Josef Škvoreckÿ papers
Date (inclusive): 1908-1994
Collection Number: 91008
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Czech
Physical Description:
79 manuscript boxes
(32.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs relating to Czech and world literature, Czech culture, political
and social conditions in Czechoslovakia, and Czech émigré life.
Creator:
Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1991.
[Identification of item], Josef Škvoreckÿ papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1924 September 27 | Born, Náchod, Czechoslovakia |
| 1951 | PhD, Charles University, Prague |
| 1956 | Deputy editor-in-chief, World Literature Today |
| 1958 | Married Zdenka Josefa Salivarová |
| 1969 | Emigrated to Canada and founded Sixty-Eight Publishers for independent Czech literature |
| 1973- | Lecturer, Voice of America |
| 1975-1990 | Professor of English, University of Toronto, Ontario |
| 1977 | Author, Samožerbuch |
| 1980 | Received Neustadt Prize for Literature, University of Oklahoma |
| 1984 | Author, Scherzo capriccioso (Dvořák in Love) |
| 1985 | Received Canadian Governor General's Award |
| 1990 | Advisor to Václav Havel, president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic |
| Received literature prize, Echoing Green Foundation | |
| Received Order of the White Lion | |
| 1999 | Received Czech Republic's State Prize for Literature |
| 2001 | Received Dangea prize |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Czechoslovakia -- Emigration and immigration
Literature
Czechoslovakia -- Civilization
Czech literature
Czechoslovakia -- Intellectual life