Film & TV
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Known for
- The Presence of Arnošt Lustig — Self2012
- You Kiss Like a God — Arnošt2008
- Písničkář, který nezemřel2007
- Fighter — Himself2000
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-12-21 ) 21 December 1926, Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 26 February 2011 (2011-02-26) (aged 84), Prague, Czech Republic
- Education
- Journalism
- Alma mater
- Charles University
- Occupation
- Writer
- Notable work
- A Prayer For Katerina Horowitzowa , Dita Saxová , Night and Hope , Lovely Green Eyes
- Spouse
- Věra Weislitzová
- Awards
- Franz Kafka Prize (2008), Karel Čapek Prize (1996), National Jewish Book Award for Dita Saxová (1980), The Unloved: From the Diary of Perla S. (1986)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arnošt
- Family name
- Lustig
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czech Republic
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Place of death
- Prague
- Occupation
- historian
- Political party
- Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- The Holocaust
- Image
- Arnost Lustig a Marketa Malisova -1 cropped.jpg
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- place of burial
- New Jewish Cemetery
- Commons category
- Arnošt Lustig
- date of birth
- 1924-06-21
- date of death
- 2011-02-26
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of detention
- Theresienstadt Ghetto
- name in native language
- Arnošt Lustig
- subject has role
- Holocaust survivor
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
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Encyclopedic overview
Arnošt Lustig ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈarnoʃt ˈlustɪk]; 21 December 1926 – 26 February 2011) was a Czech Jewish writer, playwright and screenwriter. His works have often involved the Holocaust.
Life and work
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arnošt Lustig” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.