- Iva Hercíková
Iva Hercíková IPA| ['ɪva 'hɛrtsi:kova:] (
2 November 1935 inPardubice ,Czechoslovakia –-27 January 2007 ,Czech Republic ) was a Czech writer and author of novels and movie scripts.Carrier
Iva Hercíková, nee Vodňanská, graduated from grammar school in
Liberec . In 1954 she studieddramaturgy and theatre sciences atDAMU , the Academy of Performing Arts inPrague , graduating in 1958. She married her second husband,Jiří Robert Pick , in 1961.Emigration
In 1986, Hercíková emigrated with her third husband to
Germany and in 1987 to theUSA . They settled inFlorida and then inManhattan ,New York . She retained her Czech citizenship.Velvet revolution
After the
Velvet revolution Hercíková spent several months inPrague . She moved back to theCzech Republic in 2000, where she lived until her suicide at the age of 71.External links
* [http://literatura.kvalitne.cz/7~.htm Short Biography]
* [http://www.cfn.cz/detail_osoba.php?oid=19343 CFN Entry]
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