Alan Levy

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Alan Lévy

Alan Levy (* 1932 in New York , NY , USA ; † 2004 in Prague , Czech Republic ) was an American journalist .

Alan Levy began his journalistic career as a reporter and wrote primarily for Life magazine in the 1960s .

In 1967 he and his family moved to Prague to adapt pieces by the two popular Czech stage artists for Broadway in collaboration with Jiří Šlitr and Jiří Suchy . However, this project came to an end with the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops. Levy became an eyewitness and chronicler of the Prague Spring . In 1971 the communist regime discovered notes and he was expelled with his family. He lived in Vienna until 1990. In 1991 he was co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Prague Post .

Publications

  • The Wiesenthal files. From the American by Hans Mittler. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-8000-3546-4 .
  • Lost spring. An American in Prague from 1967 to 1971. From the American by Tanja Krombach and Maria Gaul. Vitalis, Prague 1998, ISBN 80-85938-31-6 .
  • Forever, Sophia. An intimate portrait. Baronet Publishing, New York NY 1979, ISBN 0-89437-064-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Levy, Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH 2004
Place of death Prague