Vladimír Neff
Vladimír Neff (13 June 1909, Prague – 2 July 1983, Prague) was a popular Czech writer and translator. He wrote numerous historical novels, political satires and parodies on criminal stories and adventure tales.[1] He was declared a National Artist of Czechoslovakia in 1979.[2]
He is known for his historical novels, especially the pentalogy Reasonable marriages, Emperor's violets, Mean blood, The happy widow and The royal charioteer (Sňatky z rozumu, Císařské fialky, Zlá krev, Veselá vdova a Královský vozataj) and the satirical pseudo-historical trilogy depicting the travels and adventures of an imaginary nobleman Petr Kukaň z Kukaně (Peter Coop from Coop) consisting of the books Queens have no legs, The ring of the Borgias and The beautiful sorceress (Královny nemají nohy, Prsten Borgiů a Krásná čarodějka).
He was the father of the contemporary publicist and science-fiction writer Ondřej Neff.
References
[edit]- ^ "Zemřel spisovatel Vladimír Neff". Czech Television (in Czech). 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Zemřel národní umělec Vladimír Neff". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 4 July 1983. p. 1. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
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