Alan Levy (1932–2004)
Author of Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File
About the Author
Alan Levy is editor-in-chief of The Prague Post.
Image credit: "Permission received from Dr. Bruce Damer."
Works by Alan Levy
The Culture Vultures 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Levy, Alan
- Birthdate
- 1932-02-10
- Date of death
- 2004-04-02
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Brown University
Columbia University School of Journalism - Occupations
- journalist
writer - Organizations
- Life Magazine
The Prague Post (editor-in-chief) - Short biography
- Alan Levy was a journalist when he and his family moved to Prague in 1967 so he could work on a musical. Then came the Prague Spring and the Russian-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, events that he reported on and later published books about. He was expelled from Prague in 1971 and lived and worked in Vienna until returning to Prague in 1990 after the overthrow of the Communist government. He became editor-in-chief of The Prague Post and coined the phrase "Prague, the Left Bank of the '90s," which is said to have attracted thousands of young people to the city.
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
Prague, Czech Republic (death)
Vienna, Austria
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Reviews
Líčení událostí Pražského jara (od dubna 1966 do smrti J. Šlitra) od amerického novináře, který tu v té dobe žil. Tohle vydání je trochu redukované, ořezáno bylo o vysvětlující pasáže typu "kdo je kdo", o kterých se předpokládalo, že jsou čtenáři zřejmé. Nejsem si jistý, zda by tam dneska, po dalších dvaceti letech, zase neměly být, ale originál jsem nečetl. Vhled do tehdejší společnosti a samotné invaze očima zúčastěného pozorovatele, který show more si ale zároveň může zachovávat jistý odstup, je to každopádně velice zajímavý. show less
A hard book to read simply because the horrific crimes are described so vividly but it is worthwhile to do so. It reminds the reader how evil triumphs when good men and women do nothing.
Decent overview, but not as in depth as I would like.
The pictures could be better, but they certainly are not terrible.
The pictures could be better, but they certainly are not terrible.
Great 1st hand account of the 1968 Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Statistics
- Works
- 19
- Members
- 514
- Popularity
- #48,283
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 33
- Languages
- 3