Ivan Olbracht Writer
Ivan Olbracht (born Kamil Zeman) (6 January 1882, Semily, Bohemia - 20 December 1952, Prague) was a Czech writer, journalist and translator of German prose.The son of writer Antal Stašek, Olbracht studied law and philosophy in Prague and Berlin. In 1905, he first began editing a social-democratic workers' newspaper in Vienna (Historical papers, Dělnické listy), and later he did the same in Prague (The people's right, Právo lidu). In 1921, Olbracht joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and began working as a journalist, primarily for Rudé právo. He was twice imprisoned due to his excessively revolutionary political opinions, first in 1926 (in Slezská Ostrava) and later in 1928 (in the Prague Pankrác Prison).
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| Birth date | January 06, 1882 |
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| Birth name | Kamil Zeman |
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| Date of death | December 20, 1952 |
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| Spouse | Helena Mal%C3%AD%C5%99ov%C3%A1 |
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