Petr_Placák

Petr Placák

Petr Placák

Czech writer and musician

Petr Placák (born 8 January 1964 in Prague[1]), also known under pseudonym Petr Zmrzlík, is a Czech writer. During the communist regime in Czechoslovakia he published his works in samizdat.[2] He was clarinettist in the Plastic People of the Universe since 1983 and recorded two albums with this band: Hovězí porážka (1982) and Půlnoční myš (1986). Later he worked as a journalist for many newspapers, such as Respekt and Lidové noviny. In 1989, he was attacked by members of StB. They were punished in 2014.[3]

Quick Facts Born, Other names ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Petr Placák". Czechlit.cz (in Czech). 1 April 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Petr Placák". Revolver Revue (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. [3]
    Valášková, Barbora (24 February 2014). "Soud potvrdil tresty bývalým příslušníkům StB, kteří zbili Petra Placáka". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2014.


Flag of Czech RepublicWriter icon

This article about a Czech writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Petr_Placák, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.