Kantûrkova, Eva (1930–)

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Kantûrkova, Eva (1930–)

Czech novelist. Name variations: Eva Kanturkova. Born 1930; dau. of a journalist father and Bohumila Sílová (1908–1957, writer); graduate of Charles University, 1956; m. the head of Czech television.

Worked as journalist; after Soviet invasion, was banned as a dissident (1968); arrested on subversion charges and held without trial for 1 year (1981); was founding member of Civic Forum and served as president of Council of Writers; works include Jen si tak maličko povyskočit (Just a Little Leap, 1966), Pozůstalost pana Ábela (Mr. Abel's Legacy, 1971), Černa hvězda (Black Star, 1981), and Přitelkyně z domu smutku (My Companions in the Bleak House, 1987); adapted her mother's fairytales for a tv series.