Petr Placák, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Petr Placák

Czech writer

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1964

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Profession: writer

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Petr Placák (born 8 January 1964 in Prague), also known under pseudonym Petr Zmrzlík, is a Czech writer.
During the communist regime in Czechoslovakia he published his works in samizdat.
He was clarinettist in the Plastic People of the Universe since 1983 and recorded two albums with this band: Hovezí porážka (1982) and Pulnocní myš (1986).
Later he worked as a journalist for many newspapers, such as Respekt and Lidové noviny.
In 1989, he was attacked by members of StB.
They were punished in 2014.