Career
Since 1949 until 1956, he was Chairman of the communist-controlled Union of Czechoslovak Writers. He is best known for his book Němá barikáda (Silent Barricade, 1946), which presents the Prague Uprising against the Nazis in May 1945.
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Since 1949 until 1956, he was Chairman of the communist-controlled Union of Czechoslovak Writers. He is best known for his book Němá barikáda (Silent Barricade, 1946), which presents the Prague Uprising against the Nazis in May 1945.
He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia since 1945.