Daniel Strož
Daniel Strož (actually František Stros, born August 4, 1943 in Pilsen ) is a Czech poet, publicist, publisher, literary critic, patron and politician.
Life
In 1968 Strož emigrated to Germany . In 1975 he founded the Poezie mimo domov publishing house in Munich , which mainly published titles by Czech and Slovak writers and poets.
In 1981 Strož was revoked its Czechoslovak citizenship. He later took on German citizenship.
After the end of the communist dictatorship, Strož was a columnist for the communist Haló novin from 1995 to 2004 . He is honorary chairman of the Czech Writers' Union Unie českých spisovatelů . He was co-editor of the weekly Obrys-Kmen published from 1995 to 2014 .
In 2004 he was elected to the European Parliament under the name of Franz Stros for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) . There he was a member of the Legal Committee and a delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Web links
- Entry on Daniel Strož in the database of Members of the European Parliament
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Strož, Daniel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech politician, MEP |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pilsen |