Josef Kopta
Journalist, Author
1894 – 1962
Who was Josef Kopta?
Josef Kopta was a Czech writer and journalist.
Before World War I Kopta worked as a bank clerk. In 1914 he was sent to the Eastern front, in 1915 taken prisoner and later joined Czechoslovak Legions in Russia.
After the war he worked as a journalist in newspapers Národní osvobození and Lidové noviny. In 1919 Kopta started to write poetry, without having much of success. During the 1920s and 1930s he, together with František Langer and Rudolf Medek represented literary form concentrated on the Legions. Kopta's short novels and stories were the most successful of his writing.
Kopta concentrates on common people dragged into the war and on psychology of characters during the warfare and post-war life. His characters enthusiastically support the national cause and are usually suspicious of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Before and after World War II Kopta published several books for the youth.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1894
Libochovice - Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 3, 1962
Prague
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on July 23, 2013
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