Svatopluk Turek
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Svatopluk Turek (25 October 1900 in Hodslavice – 30 December 1972 in Zlín) was a Czechoslovak novelist, known under pen name T. Svatopluk.
After studying arts at the university he worked as graphics designer in Baťa company in Zlín. He is most known for his book Botostroj (The Shoe Machine)[1] where he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying lives of people and its boss Tomáš Baťa as a dictator. The novel is written in very fast, expressive language.
Family of Tomáš Baťa sued for defamation and tried in various ways to stop publishing the book.
Works
- Botostroj, 1933 (The Shoe Machine)
- Bez šéfa, (Without the boss) - sequel, after the company was nationalized
- Mrtví země
- Andělé úspěchu
- Gordonův trust žaluje (also named Pán a spisovatel)
- Hrdinové z ostrova
- Švédský mramor
See also
Bata shoe factory (East Tilbury)
References
- ^ Wheeler, Eleanor (2022-11-07). Letters from Prague: 1947–1957. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 337. ISBN 978-3-11-069050-7.
Svatopluk Turek (1900–1972), a Czech advertising painter and writer who worked for Baťa Company during the interwar period. His best-known book is Botostroj (1933, reworked 1955)...
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- 1900 births
- 1972 deaths
- People from Nový Jičín District
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