František Emmert

František Emmert (* 1974 in Brno ) is a Czech writer and author of non-fiction books on modern history.

biography

Emmert was born into the family of the composer and professor at the Janáček Music Academy Franz Gregor Emmert. The father's family comes from the town of Weiden in Bavaria , the mother's family from Teplice in Bohemia . Father's ancestors worked for several generations as glaziers on the German side of the Bohemian Forest . The mother came from a business family that owned a family business, a pastry shop in Teplice, before 1948.

After Frantisek Emmert graduated from high school, he studied history and religious studies at the Philosophical Faculty of Masaryk University in Brno. Later (from 2005) he also studied at the Faculties of Law in Brno and Trnava . In 2011 he graduated from the Law Faculty of Charles University in Prague with a doctorate in law .

Between 1992 and 2006 he worked as a journalist, publicist and book editor. He was active in the Czech radio , in the daily newspapers Rovnost , Právo and ZNnoviny / Slovo and in the Czech press office. From 2009–2011 he was press spokesman for the Supreme Administrative Court in Brno.

He has been writing books since 2001. The first two works of fiction appeared in 2003 and 2004. However, it only caught on with non-fiction books on modern history. In 2005 the Vysehrad publishing house published the first book in the series of non-fiction books, Czechs in the Wehrmacht , which was reprinted shortly and caught the attention of readers and experts.

This was followed by narrative publications - such as Museums in the Book - which provide an overview of the key events of the 20th century, especially Czech history. These large-format publications differ from classic books in that they have above-average graphic processing and the clarity of the texts. They contain many photographs, independently printed supplements - facsimiles from archives and DVDs with contemporary radio recordings. Among other things, they serve as didactic means in schools. By 2012, Frantisek Emmert had prepared nine of these publications. Some of his books have been reprinted, won awards, or have been translated into English ( The Holocaust ). The publication Fateful Eights in Our History was awarded the E. E. Kisch main prize by the writers' community in 2009 .

Frantisek Emmert is also the author of other books including legal literature, co-author of the textbook on social sciences for technical schools, and author of commentaries and articles in the daily press and also of specialist articles and studies in the fields of history, law and international politics in specialist journals and edited volumes.

As a technical advisor, he participated in the preparation of the Czech historical film Lidice (2011).

Books

also in English

2006 - The Holocaust . The first publication in the series museums in books. The book was also published in English in 2007.
2003 - The fire of forgotten gods . Adventurous novel. The book has been translated into English and was published in both print and electronic form in the United States (2006).

only in Czech language

2012 - Guide to 20th Century Czech History . 320 pages, 250 images. Technical monograph.
2012 - Václav Havel 1936-2011 . Museum in the book.
2012 - Czechoslovak Foreign Resistance in World War II in the West . Museum in the book.
2012 - Czechs in the Wehrmacht . 2nd expanded edition.
2011 - Czech Republic and dual citizenship . Technical monograph. Legal literature (legal history / constitutional law).
2009 - Velvet Revolution . Chronicle of the fall of communism in 1989. Museum in the book.
2008 - Fateful Eights in Our History . Bestseller among museums in the book (2008). The book won the E. E. Kisch Prize for 2009.
2008 - 1918 creation of the Czechoslovak Republic . Museum in the book.
2008 - Heydrich is assassinated . Museum in the book.
2008 - Czechs at Tobruk .
2007 - 1968 in Czechoslovakia . Museum in the book.
2007 - The Second World War. Czechs and Slovaks . Museum in the book.
2005 - Czechs in the Wehrmacht .
2004 - Millennium of False Prophets . Adventurous novel.
2003 - do the Abitur! in social sciences . Textbook for technical schools.

Awards

2009 - E. E. Kisch main prize awarded by the Writers' Community for the book Fateful Eights in Our History .

2010 - E. E. Kisch Prize awarded by the writers' community for the book Velvet Revolution .

2008 - Prize of the 18th Autumn Book Fair in Havlíčkův Brod for the book The Second World War. Czechs and Slovaks .

2007 - Prize of the 17th Autumn Book Fair in Havlíčkův Brod for the book Holocaust .

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personal data
SURNAME	Emmert, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brno