Iva Hercíková

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Iva Hercíková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɪva ˈɦɛrtsiːkovaː]; 2 November 1935 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia –- 27 January 2007, Czech Republic) was a Czech writer and author of novels and movie scripts.

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Iva Hercíková, née Vodňanská, graduated from grammar school in Liberec. In 1954 she studied dramaturgy and theatre sciences at DAMU, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, graduating in 1958. She married her second husband, Jiří Robert Pick, in 1961.

Emigration

In 1986, Hercíková emigrated with her third husband to Germany and in 1987 to the USA. They settled in Florida and then in Manhattan, New York. She retained her Czech citizenship.

Velvet revolution

After the Velvet revolution Hercíková spent several months in Prague. She moved back to the Czech Republic in 2000, where she lived until her suicide at the age of 71.

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