František Listopad

František Listopad (born Jiří Synek ) (* November 26, 1921 in Prague) is a Czech and Portuguese writer, director and co-founder of the daily Mladá fronta ( Young Front).

Life

Listopad 1939, from his Baccalaureate and worked in publishing Linhart. During the Second World War he was a member of the resistance movement. After the war he took up the study of philosophy at the University of Prague in the art aesthetics and literature. After the seizure of power by the communists in 1948 Listopad went to Paris, where he worked as craftsmen and journalist, later as a director at the ORTF. 1959 Listopad moved to Portugal.

In France, he worked for the radio and television. Since 1959 he worked in Portugal as a university professor at the Technical University of Lisbon, first as a professor of Slavic culture and anthropology, from 1975 to 1977 as director of the Instituto Superior de Ciencias e Sociais Politicas. In 1982 he accepted the position of Director of the Portuguese theater and film school. At the same time he became a well-known television, theater and opera director. From 1984 to 1987 he was director and dramaturg of the studio, an offshoot of the Portuguese National Theatre.

Works

Until his emigration he was together with J. Grossmann and J. Hořec for dynamo archaic poet circle of Mladá fronta.

Memberships

• Association of Portuguese writers
• Obec spisovatelů ( Czech Writers' Union )