Ivan Klíma

Ivan Klíma (born Ivan Kauders, 14 September 1931 – 4 October 2025) was a Czech novelist and playwright. He won the Magnesia Litera award and the Franz Kafka Prize.Interview: Ivan Klíma, Stephan Delbos, The Prague Post, 29 February 2012 Klíma was born in Prague. His best known novel was Love and Garbage (1986).

Klíma died at his home in Prague on 4 October 2025, at the age of 94.

References

Other websites

 Spisovatel Ivan Klíma převzal Cenu Karla Čapka, tomu i poděkoval (Lidové noviny) 
 "Optimism Outlasted a Lifetime of Horrors - Ivan Klima's 'My Crazy Century' Spans Decades of Czech Life", The New York Times, 17 November 2013,
 Maya Jaggi: " Building bridges", The Guardian, 1 May 2004,
 "Ivan Klíma: a sceptic in the era of entertainment culture", Czech Radio, 8. 11. 2009,

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