Petr Den papers, 1933-1977

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Creators:
Den, Petr
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, radio transcripts, serial issues, and other printed matter relating to Czechoslovak émigré affairs, Czechoslovak culture, and Western radio broadcasting to Czechoslovakia.
Extent:
5 boxes (28 microfilm reels) (2.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
Czech
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Petr Den papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, writings, radio transcripts, serial issues, and other printed matter relating to Czechoslovak émigré affairs, Czechoslovak culture, and Western radio broadcasting to Czechoslovakia.

Petr Den is a pseudonym of Ladislav Radimský.

Biographical / historical:

Pseudonym of Ladislav Radimský: Czechoslovak diplomat, émigré writer in the United States, editor, Perspektivy, 1961 to 1963, and Proměny, 1964 to 1970.

Date Event
1970 September 9
Died, New York, USA
1961-1963
Editor of Perspektivy, a cultural revue published in New York
1959-1969
Broadcast for Radio Free Europe and Voice of America
1964-1970
Editor and founder of the Czech language literary quarterly, Proměny, published in New York City by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America
1948-1958
Remained a member of the U.N. Secretariat
1948
After the communist coup d'etat resigned from his diplomatic post
1946 May-1948 February
Deputy chief delegate of Czechoslovakia at the United Nations in New York, later Minister Plenipotentiary
1945 September
Appointed by Minister Jan Masaryk as member of the Preparatory Commission for the United Nations in London
1945 May
Rejoined the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry
1921 January
Received his law degree from Charles University, Prague
1932
Won first prize in the Melantrich essay competition under the pen name of Petr Den
1920 November-1939
Joined Foreign Ministry of the Czechoslovak Republic. Served in diplomatic posts at Bucharest, Berlin, and Bern, and participated in international conferences at Geneva, Paris, and London as a member of the Czechoslovak delegations
1898 April 3
Born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia
1939
After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia resigned from the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry
1992
Posthumously awarded Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order
1970
Posthumously awarded honorary membership in the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1983.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Petr Den papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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