author
Vladimir Nosek
1895–1964
A Czech diplomat, publicist, and wartime advocate for Czechoslovak independence, he wrote with the urgency of someone helping shape the history he described. Much of his work bridges politics, national identity, and life abroad, especially in Brazil.
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Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty
by Vladimir Nosek
About the author
Born in 1895, he was a Czech writer and publicist whose career also included diplomacy and participation in the Czechoslovak resistance movement. Early in life he studied in Prague and Britain, worked as a journalist, and became closely involved with the campaign for Czechoslovak independence during and after the First World War.
His books and essays focused on Czech and Czechoslovak history, politics, and culture. English-language works associated with him include Independent Bohemia and Spirit of Bohemia, which helped explain Czech national life and the struggle for independence to international readers.
After 1934, he lived largely in Brazil, and he died in Rio de Janeiro in 1964. That international path gives his writing an interesting perspective: it is rooted in Central European history, but often aimed at readers beyond it.