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Miroslav Macek
Miroslav Macek (7 December 1944 – 1 May 2024) was a Czech politician and writer. He served as a deputy prime minister of Czechoslovakia. Life and career Macek was born in Litomyšl, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. In May 2006 Macek made international news when, coming from behind, he struck the Minister of Health David Rath at a dentists' conference, accusing him of having insulted his wife (after Rath had publicly stated that Macek had married his wife for money). Macek was a member of Mensa International, being considered the first member from behind the Iron Curtain. He stated that he had become a member in 1980. In 2017, he published his novel ''Saturnin se vrací'' (''Saturnin Returns''), a sequel to Zdeněk Jirotka's acclaimed novel, ''Saturnin Saturnin of Toulouse (, , , , and , , and ) was one of the ''" Apostles to the Gauls"'' sent out (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236–250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250–251) to Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litomyšl
Litomyšl (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. It is a former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see. Litomyšl is known for the château-type castle complex of the Litomyšl Castle, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Administrative division Litomyšl consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Litomyšl-město (6,026) *Kornice (137) *Lány (441) *Nedošín (526) *Nová Ves u Litomyšle (99) *Pazucha (130) *Pohodlí (290) *Suchá (101) *Zahájí (1,147) *Záhradí (1,130) Nová Ves u Litomyšle and Pohodlí form an Enclave and exclave, exclave of the municipal territory. Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Litomysl (in old Czech written as Ľutomysl), meaning "Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturnin (novel)
''Saturnin'' is a 1942 humorous novel by Zdeněk Jirotka, with characters such as the dangerous servant Saturnin, the annoying Aunt Kateřina and her son Milouš, Uncle František, Doctor Vlach, and the narrator's grandfather. This novel is strongly inspired by the work of English authors, especially Jerome K. Jerome and by novels and short stories by English writer P. G. Wodehouse which features the character of the servant Jeeves. It has been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Estonian, Latvian, Turkish and Polish. Foreign-language versions are issued by Charles University's publisher Karolinum. Film, television, and theatrical adaptations A film adaptation of the same name was split into a four-part series and broadcast on Czech Television. The servant Saturnin was played by . In 2017, Miroslav Macek wrote a sequel to ''Saturnin'' titled ''Saturnin se vrací'' (). Characters * Saturnin – a servant with a bold sense of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mensans
This list of Mensans contains notable members of Mensa International, the high IQ society, both current and past. A * Scott Adams – cartoonist, creator of ''Dilbert'', former member * Simon Ambrose – winner of Britain's ''The Apprentice (UK series three), Apprentice'' television show *Arlan Andrews – American engineer, writer of science fiction and Nonfiction, non-fiction * Isaac Asimov – prolific author, former vice-president of Mensa International * Jean Auel – author of ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'' * Yank Azman – actor, antiques expert * Amelia Henderson – actor, antiques expert B * Norbert-Bertrand Barbe – French art historian, semiologist, artist and writer * Jacques Bergier – chemical engineer, member of the French resistance, spy, journalist and writer * Roland Berrill – lawyer, businessman and co-founder of Mensa * Theodore Bikel – actor, musician * Santiago Bilinkis – Argentinian entrepenour, writer, philosopher and influencer. * Richard Nels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Translators Of William Shakespeare
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''translating'' (a written text) and ''interpreting'' (oral or signed communication between users of different languages); under this distinction, translation can begin only after the appearance of writing within a language community. A translator always risks inadvertently introducing source-language words, grammar, or syntax into the target-language rendering. On the other hand, such "spill-overs" have sometimes imported useful source-language calques and loanwords that have enriched target languages. Translators, including early translators of sacred texts, have helped shape the very languages into which they have translated. Because of the laboriousness of the translation process, since the 1940s efforts have been made, with varying degrees o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Government Ministers , a political party in Switzerland whose name translates literally to 'Civic Democratic Party'
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Civic Democratic Party may refer to: *Civic Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina), a political party in Bosnia *Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), a political party in the Czech Republic **Civic Democratic Party (Slovakia), former Slovak wing of the party in Czechoslovakia *Civic Democratic Party (Hungary), a political party in Hungary *Civic Democratic Party (Lithuania), a political party in Lithuania *Civic Democratic Party (Serbia), a former political party in Serbia *Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland The Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (, BDP; , PBD; , PBD; , PBD; ''Swiss Democratic Bourgeois Party'') was a conservative political party in Switzerland from 2008 to 2020. After the 2019 federal election, the BDP had three members in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Male Novelists
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surname) *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) The Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and ... * Czechia (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Dentists
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surname) *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands *Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) *Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990) *Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) See also ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Litomyšl
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech News Agency
The Czech News Agency (), abbreviated to ČTK, is a national public service news agency in the Czech Republic. It provides its services in Czech and English. History ČTK was founded on 28 October 1918, on the same day as Czechoslovakia, as Czechoslovak News Agency. It was formed from several unoffical Czech press agencies, which until then functioned in exile. It published in several languages, including in German together with then-official Czechoslovak. The agency remained throughout both the Nazi and Communist regimes, however, its reporting was highly censored and it served to the regimes' needs. As modern ČTK Following the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the government lost its power to ceased interfere in editorial decisions. In 1993, the government relinquished control of the agency, which has since been managed by its CEO in his sole responsibility. Following the Velvet divorce, the agency split to Czech Press Agency, which kept using the ČTK branding, and a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
