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Ota Pavel (born Otto Popper; 2 July 1930, in Prague – 31 March 1973, in Prague) was a Czech writer, journalist and sport reporter. He is primarily an author of autobiographical and biographical novels.
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Ota Pavel (born Otto Popper; 2 July 1930, in Prague – 31 March 1973, in Prague) was a Czech writer, journalist and sport reporter. He is primarily an author of autobiographical and biographical novels.
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Biography He was born in Prague as the third and youngest son of a Jewish father, Leo Popper, who was a travelling salesman, and a Czech Christian mother. The family celebrated both Jewish and Christian holidays. During World War II, his father and both his older brothers were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps (his brother Jiří was imprisoned in Mauthausen). Otto remained with their mother, in Buštěhrad. Young Otto briefly worked as a miner in the Kladno Region. Both brothers and father survived Nazi imprisonment and returned home after the end of the World War. In 1960 Otto graduated at the Střední škola pro pracující (High School for Workers). He was an enthusiastic hockey player and played on the junior team of HC Sparta Praha, but his hopes for a professional ice-hockey career were dashed by a serious illness and tonsillectomy. He stayed on with Sparta for a short time to train its junior team. In 1949 his close friend Arnošt Lustig recommended that he concentrate on writing, and as a result, Popper was engaged as a sports reporter by Czechoslovak Radio. In 1955 he changed his name to Ota Pavel. From 1956 to 1957 he was a sports reporter…
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Work Hory a lidé, 1964 – book of photographs by Vilém Heckel, Pavel was the author of text Dukla mezi mrakodrapy, 1964 – sport theme, about the success of the Czech football team Dukla Praha in USA. Plná bedna šampaňského, 1967 – short stories
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Pohár od Pánaboha, 1971 Smrt krásných srnců, 1971 – memoirs of childhood and youth Syn celerového krále, 1972 – 16 short stories about famous sportsmen Jak jsem potkal ryby, 1974 – memoirs Pohádka o Raškovi, 1974 – "sport fairytale", inspired by the success of the Czech ski jumper Jiří Raška
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Veliký vodní tulák, 1980 – anthology Zlatí úhoři (Golden Eels), 1985, new edition 1991
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Mám rád tu řeku, 1989 Jak šel táta Afrikou: Povídky, 1994 - short stories Omyl a jiné povídky, 1995 - short stories Olympijské hry a jiné povídky, 1996 - short stories