Ivo Ducháček

author

Czech[1,3,4] b. 27 February 1913, Prostějov, Czechoslovakia[1,2,3,4,5] d. 2 March 1988, Kent, Connecticut, USA[2,3,4,5] active 1936–1988

Ivo Ducháček (1913–1988) was a Czech journalist, politician, and academic. A member of the Czechoslovak People's Party, he served as a member of the Provisional and Constituent National Assembly in the immediate post-WWII period. Following the communist takeover in 1948, he fled to the West and became a prominent figure in the Czech community in exile. He served in the Czech Diplomatic Service and later became a professor of political science at City College, New York. Known for his democratic ideals and work against communism, he often collaborated with his wife, Helena Koldová, on literary projects under the joint pseudonym 'Duka'.[1,2,3,4,5]

  • Democracy
  • Political Science
  • Anti-Communism

Books

Works by Ivo Ducháček

  • 1956 Le secret des deux plumes La Guilde du Livre · book · French Published under the joint pseudonym 'Duka'.

References

  1. Duka, Ivo. SF Encyclopedia. 2022 link
  2. Ivo Duchacek, 75, Broadcaster. The New York Times. The New York Times. 1988 link
  3. Ivo Ducháček. Wikipedia link
  4. Ivo Duchacek. LC Linked Data Service. Library of Congress link
  5. Ivo D. Duchacek. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press link