Jindra Tichá (born 31 March 1937) is a

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-born academic and writer living in

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. In 2012, she was voted the 11th most influential Czech expatriate by the Czech public. She was born in

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and studied logic at

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, earning her

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there. She married Pavel Tichý. After she and her husband were declared enemies of the state by the invading Russians in 1969, the couple moved to

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and then, in 1970, went to New Zealand. She lectured on philosophy and political science at the

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where her husband also lectured. Tichá first published short stories in the 1980s through the Canadian-based Czech publishing house

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. It was not until after 1989 that her books began to appear in the

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Selected works

Source: * ''Cena porážky'' (2001) * ''Pacific Letters'', essays (2001) * ''Dospělí milenci nemlčí'' (2004) * ''Jak se investuje do nemovitostí na Novém Zélandu'' (2005) * ''Přirozená linie ženského těla'' (2006) * ''Incest'' (2007)

References

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