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Svatopluk Turek
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Svatopluk Turek (25 October 1900 in Hodslavice – 30 December 1972 in Zlín) was a Czech novelist, known under the pen name T. Svatopluk.
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After studying art at the university, he worked as graphic designer for the Bata shoe company in Zlín. He is best known for his book Botostroj (The Shoe Machine),[1] in which he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying the lives of people and its boss Tomáš Baťa as a dictator. The novel is written in very fast, expressive language.
The family of Tomáš Baťa sued for defamation and tried in various ways to stop publication of the book.
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Works
- Botostroj (The Shoe Machine), 1933
- Bez šéfa (Without the Boss), a sequel after the company was nationalized
- Mrtví země
- Andělé úspěchu
- Gordonův trust žaluje (also titled Pán a spisovatel)
- Hrdinové z ostrova
- Švédský mramor
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