Josef Škvorecký, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Škvorecký

Czech-Canadian writer and publisher

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Náchod, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 03-Jan-2012

Profession: writer, poet, translator, publisher, linguist

Nationality: Canada, Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Josef Škvorecký, (Czech pronunciation: ['joz?f '?kvor?tski?] (listen); September 27, 1924 – January 3, 2012) was a Czech-Canadian writer and publisher.
He spent half of his life in Canada, publishing and supporting banned Czech literature during the communist era.
Škvorecký was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1980.
He and his wife were long-time supporters of Czech dissident writers before the fall of communism in that country.
Škvorecký's fiction deals with several themes: the horrors of totalitarianism and repression, the expatriate experience, and the miracle of jazz.