“I heard Marxist-Leninist phrases but was studying the opposite: a liberating antidote of democratic thinking. It was not a waste of time.”
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Ivan Klíma
Ivan Klíma was a Czech novelist and playwright. He received the Magnesia Litera award and the Franz Kafka Prize, among other honours.
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culture · Czech novelist and playwright (1931–2025) · writer · essayist · playwright · journalist · novelist · pedagogue · poet · opinion journalist · literary editor · also Ivan Klíma, Ivan Kauders, Klíma
Born 14 September 1931 · Died 4 October 2025 · Q506582
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 4 entries
The Washington Post: Ivan Klíma, acclaimed writer who took on totalitarianism, dies at 94
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Yahoo: Ivan Klima, author whose work depicted the tribulations of life and love under communism
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WSLS 10: Czech author and anti-communist dissident Ivan Klíma dies at 94
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Died 2025-10-04.
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Prague (2016).
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2014· 1 entry
The Guardian: My Crazy Century by Ivan Klíma review – memoirs of an unconventional great
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Ferdinand Peroutka Award (2013).
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Egon Erwin Kisch Award (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Karel Čapek Prize (2010).
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Awarded Magnesia Litera (2010).
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Franz Kafka Prize (2002).
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Won Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class presented by President of the Czech Republic (2002).
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1993· 1 entry
“A Rather Unconventional Childhood”
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1989· 1 entry
Klíma became a prominent supporter of Václav Havel
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1979· 1 entry
“Has the society a right to take anyone’s life? And what has a judge who opposes capital punishment to do in the society that demands it?”
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1958· 2 entries
Career landmark: wedding.
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Klíma married psychologist Helena Mala, with whom he had two children
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-09-14.
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