Bedřich Golombek (February 5, 1901 in Hrušov, today part of
Ostrava
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journalist and writer.
Golombek was born into the family of a
coal miner
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. He studied at a secondary school in Ostrava, and immediately afterwards (in 1919) began work for the newspaper ''
Lidové noviny
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World War II
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he became the editor-in-chief at the main office of ''Lidové noviny'' in Prague but after
Victorious February
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of 1948 (communist coup d'état) he was forced to leave. Later, he worked as a clerk in a factory in Brno.
Selected works
* Journalistic activity is the most valued and extensive legacy of Golombek.
* Together with Edvard Valenta Golombek recorded stories of Jan Welzl, a Czech traveller and Eskimo chief. The stories were serialized in the newspaper and later, during the 1930s, published in four books.
* ''Lidé na povrchu'', 1941. A novel about Ostrava region.
* ''Dům o dvou poschodích'', 1942. A novel about Ostrava region.
* ''Dnes a zítra. K padesátce Lidových novin'', 1944. A recollection of the history of the newspaper.
* ''Co nebude v dějepise'', 1945. Description of life during
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* ''Rudolf Těsnohlídek'', 1946. Biography of writer and journalist Rudolf Těsnohlídek.
* ''Perleťová květina'', 1959. Collection of short stories.
* ''Čtení o veletrhu'', posthumously in 1961. Depiction of the atmosphere of fair trades in Brno.