Rudolf Křesťan is a Czech writer

Czech literature

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, editor and feuilleton

Feuilleton

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ist. He is the author of 16 books printed in more than 250,000 copies.

Biography

Křesťan spent his childhood in Stará Role near Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary

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. From 1960 to 1966 he studied at the Institut osvěty a novinářství (Faculty of Journalism) of the Charles University in Prague

Charles University in Prague

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. From 1964 to 1993 he worked as an editor in the Mladý svět

Mladý Svet

Mladý Svět was a magazine published in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. It contained editorials, comics and other works...

magazine. After that, he was engaged in the Týdeník Televize. From 2003, he works as a freelance writer. During his career, he collaborated both with the Czech Television

Czech television

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 and the Czech Radio.