Herma Svozilová-Johnová, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herma Svozilová-Johnová

Czech writer

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1914

Place of Birth: Prostějov, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 05-Apr-2009

Profession: writer

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Herma Svozilová-Johnová (29 August 1914 – 5 April 2009) was a Czech writer. The daughter of an attorney, she was born Herma Svozilová in Prostejov and attended grammar school there.
Her paternal grandfather was Josef Svozil.
She continued her studies at the lyceum in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and at the French grammar school in Prague.
She went on to study journalism at the Svobodná škola politických nauk and also studied at Oxford.
After her marriage to Oldrich John who served as mayor of Prostejov from 1937 to 1939, she returned to Prostejov.
There, she was cultural editor for Hlasu lidu.
In 1948, the couple moved to Prague.Her work first appeared in the journal Našinec in 1929.
After that her prose and poems appeared in various periodicals including Hlas lidu, Lidové noviny, Hanácký kalendár, Noviny Jablonecka and Literární noviny.
Her novels Kdo byl Kyrat? (1972) and Vysoké napetí (1974) were adapted into plays for radio.