Eva Kantůrková

Eva Kantůrková
Kantůrková at the 20th Autumn Book Fair in Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic, in 2010
Member of the Czech National Council
In office
7 June 1990  4 June 1992
Personal details
Born
Eva Sílová

(1930-05-11) 11 May 1930
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Political partyCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia (till 1970)
Civic Forum
Alma materCharles University
Occupationauthor, screenwriter

Eva Kantůrková (born 11 May 1930) is a Czech author and screenwriter. A communist in her early years, she joined the Czech dissident movement after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and was one of the signatories of Charter 77. In her novels, short stories, historical essays, and diaries, she has chronicled the repression of Czech dissidents and explored themes of political and personal disillusionment.