Svatopluk Turek
Svatopluk Turek (25 October 1900 in Hodslavice – 30 December 1972 in Zlín) was a Czech novelist, known under the pen name T. After studying art at the university, he worked as graphic designer for the Bata shoe company in Zlín. He is best known for his book Botostroj (The Shoe Machine), in which he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying the lives of people and its boss Tomáš Baťa as a dictator. The novel is written in very fast, expressive language.
Svatopluk Turek
- Born
- 1900 · Hodslavice.
- Died
- 1972 · Zlín.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Occupation
- writer · playwright · journalist · graphic artist · painter · editing staff · screenwriter
- Fields
- literature · politics · opinion journalism · war
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Prague
- Honours
- Klement Gottwald State Prize · Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia · Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia)
- Languages
- Czech
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Svatopluk Turek (25 October 1900 in Hodslavice – 30 December 1972 in Zlín) was a Czech novelist, known under the pen name T. After studying art at the university, he worked as graphic designer for the Bata shoe company in Zlín. He is best known for his book Botostroj (The Shoe Machine), in which he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying the lives of people and its boss Tomáš Baťa as a dictator. The novel is written in very fast, expressive language.
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The family of Tomáš Baťa sued for defamation and tried in various ways to stop publication of the book.
Svatopluk Turek studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is literature, politics and opinion journalism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Valašské Meziříčí and Zlín. Distinctions recorded are Klement Gottwald State Prize, Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia and Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia).
• Botostroj (The Shoe Machine), 1933 • Bez šéfa (Without the Boss), a sequel after the company was nationalized • Mrtví země • Andělé úspěchu • Gordonův trust žaluje (also titled Pán a spisovatel) • Hrdinové z ostrova • Švédský mramor
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1900
Svatopluk Turek born at Hodslavice.
1972
Svatopluk Turek died at Zlín.
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Svatopluk Turek received Klement Gottwald State Prize, Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia and Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia). Recorded as writer, playwright, journalist, graphic artist and painter.
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