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Josef Škvorecký

Czech-canadian writer and publisher (1924-2012).

Born September 27th, 1924 in Náchod. [ref]

Died January 3rd, 2012 at 87 years old in Toronto (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
editing staff, linguist, literary critic, poet, prose writer, publisher, translator, writer

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein