Career
Between 1980 and 1989, he had been in emigration in France. Since 1993, he has lived in Prague. His highlight is the novel.. a bude hůř (first published in 1985 by Index in Germany, first published in the Czechoslovakian Republic by Panorama in 1990).
After finishing school, where he was learning to become a locksmith, Pelc worked in power plant.
He was exposed to Czechoslovakian underground when he was still a teenager, when he was attending concerts forbidden in Checkoslovakia, such as The Plastic People of the Universe. Druing the 70" and 80" he was co-editing Prague magazine "Vokno: časopis pro druhou i jinou kulturu".
In 1981 he emigrated to the west, escaping from his trip to Yugoslavia. Between 1980 and 1989 he lived in France, editing emigration magazine "Svědectví".
Currently he lives in Prague.
In 1985 Pelc came second in Radio Free Europe"s contest for the most popular Czechoslovakian writer In 2007..a bude hůř was filmed. Director, Petr Nikolaev, decided that film should be black and white.