Michal Viewegh | |
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Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 31 March 1962
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Czech |
Education | pedagogy |
Alma mater | Charles University |
Notable works | Báječná léta pod psa Výchova dívek v Čechách Účastníci zájezdu Román pro ženy |
Children | 3 |
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Website | |
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Michal Viewegh is one of the most popular contemporary Czech writers.
He is the most published Czech author of all time, with over a million books sold. In 1993 he earned the prestigious Jiří Orten award for Czech writers 30 years old or younger.[1]
Viewegh survived a traumatic aortic rupture in 2012.