Vladimír Neff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vladimír Neff

Czech translator, bookwriter and writer

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1909

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 02-Jun-1983

Profession: screenwriter, writer, translator, science fiction writer

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Vladimír Neff (June 13, 1909, Prague – July 2, 1983, Prague) was a popular Czech writer and translator.
He wrote numerous historical novels, political satires and parodies on criminal stories and adventure tales. He is best known for his historical novels, especially the pentalogy Reasonable marriages, Emperor's violets, Mean blood, The happy widow and The royal charioteer (Snatky z rozumu, Císarské fialky, Zlá krev, Veselá vdova a Královský vozataj) and the satirical pseudo-historical trilogy depicting the travels and adventures of an imaginary nobleman Petr Kukan z Kukane (Peter Coop from Coop) consisting of the books Queens have no legs, The ring of the Borgias and The beautiful sorceress (Královny nemají nohy, Prsten Borgiu a Krásná carodejka). He was the father of the contemporary science-fiction writer Ondrej Neff.