Lubomír Linhart

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Lubomír Linhart (born June 28, 1906 in Prague , † June 10, 1980 ibid) was a Czechoslovak publicist, theoretician of photography, film historian, editor, translator and diplomat. In the interwar period he was a member of the avant-garde association Levá fronta .

Life

From 1924 to 1934 Linhart studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT), from 1926 he worked as a journalist and publicist in the communist magazines Reflektor and Tvorba. In 1931 and 1932 he visited the Soviet Union and took part in the II Conference of the International Union of Revolutionary Writers in 1930 in Kharkov. During this time he propagated Soviet filmography and also socialist realism . In the 1930s Linhart was active in the avant-garde association Levá fronta as a speaker and theorist for the group "Film-Foto".

During the war he took part in the illegal work of the Czechoslovak resistance . After 1945 he worked as a director of the Czechoslovak film company, later as a teacher. From 1948 to 1956 he was ambassador to Romania and the GDR.

Publications (selection)

  • Malá abeceda filmu, Pokrok, Prague 1930
  • Sociální fotografie, Jarmila Prokopová, Prague 1934
  • Mezinárodní fotografie, SNKLHU, Prague 1959
  • Jaromír Funke, SNKLHU, Prague 1960
  • Alexandr Rodčenko, Orbis, Prague 1964

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lubomír Linhart , résumé of the Databazeknih.cz database, online at: databazeknih.cz / ...
  2. ↑ Linhart Lubomír (1906–1980) , material from the Národní filmový archiv (National Film Archive) Prague, page III, online at: nfa.cz / ...

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personal data
SURNAME Linhart, Lubomír
ALTERNATIVE NAMES LHT (pseudonym); lht (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak publicist, theoretician of photography, film historian, editor and translator
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1980
Place of death Prague