Zdena Salivarová (born October 21, 1933) [1] is a Czech-born writer and translator living in Canada. [2]
She was born in Prague and studied script-writing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She came to Toronto in the year 1969 [2] with her husband Josef Škvorecký following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. [3]
During the 1960s, she worked as a singer and actress. In 1968, she published a collection of short stories Pánská jízda. [4]
With her husband, she founded a publishing house in Toronto, 68 Publishers, [2] which published Czech books that were banned in communist Czechoslovakia. Salivarová and her husband wrote Samožerbuch (1977) about the history of the publishing house. [4]
She received the Egon Hostovský award in 1976. With her husband, she was named to the Order of the White Lion in 1990 for their work in promoting Czech literature. [4]
Zdena Salivarová (born October 21, 1933) [1] is a Czech-born writer and translator living in Canada. [2]
She was born in Prague and studied script-writing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She came to Toronto in the year 1969 [2] with her husband Josef Škvorecký following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. [3]
During the 1960s, she worked as a singer and actress. In 1968, she published a collection of short stories Pánská jízda. [4]
With her husband, she founded a publishing house in Toronto, 68 Publishers, [2] which published Czech books that were banned in communist Czechoslovakia. Salivarová and her husband wrote Samožerbuch (1977) about the history of the publishing house. [4]
She received the Egon Hostovský award in 1976. With her husband, she was named to the Order of the White Lion in 1990 for their work in promoting Czech literature. [4]