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Ladislav Hejdánek

Ladislav Hejdánek (1927–2020) was a Czechoslovak philosopher, university teacher and writer.

Also recorded as Ladislav Hejdanek

Biography

Born at Prague in 1927, died in Prague in 2020.

Ladislav Hejdánek studied at Faculty of Science, Charles University and Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. The recorded working language is Czech.

The field of work recorded is philosophy, philosophy and politics and theology and philosophy.

Employment is recorded with Charles University. Positions recorded include spokesperson of Charter 77.

Work by Ladislav Hejdánek is recorded in the collections of Samizdat Collection of Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, Interviews Collection of the Oral History Center, Czech Samizdat Collection at Libri Prohibiti, Memory of Nations and Václav Havel Library.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, USTR Prize for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights, 1st of June Award and honorary doctor of the University of Amsterdam.

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