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Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (born 1924)

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Josef Škvorecký

Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924–2012)

Josef Škvorecký 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…
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January 3

Day of the year

January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 362 days remain until the end of the year.
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