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Biography
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Josef Škvorecký
Real name: Josef Škvorecký
Czech-Canadian writer, translator, lyricist, in his youth also amateur jazz saxophonist.Born 27 September 1924 in Náchod (former Czechoslovakia), died 3 January 2012 in Toronto, Canada.
Husband of Zdena Salivarová since 1958, with whom he exiled to Canada in 1969. Cofounder of 68 Publishers.