Background
Ivanov, Miroslav was born on April 10, 1929 in Jaromer, Czech Republic. Son of Antonin Ivanov-Job and Marie Subrtova.
journalist literary historian writer Football player
Ivanov, Miroslav was born on April 10, 1929 in Jaromer, Czech Republic. Son of Antonin Ivanov-Job and Marie Subrtova.
Ivanov studied history and Czechoslovakian language at the Charles University in Prague.
He then worked at the university for seven years. In 1960 he started work as a journalist and then began to publish books He concentrated on the medieval and modern history of Czechoslovakian people and published 37 works (15 million copies printed).
He was also known outside Czechoslovakia.
In his books he used a very systemic approach of fact gathering and employed modern scientific verification technology: for example he was the first one to test Rukopis královédvorský a zelenohorský (fake collection of ancient writings) using modern forgery detection methods.
Member Union Czech Writers (literature awards 1994), Czech Center P.E.N. Club, International P.E.N.
Married Hana Klugova, December 30, 1952. 1 child, Klara.