Prudek, Ladislav, 1922-1988

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1922 - 1988

Biography

Ladislav Prudek was born on November 23, 1922 in Czechoslovakia. He worked as a sports editor for Mlada Fronta, Prague, Czechoslovakia, and served as a secretary of A. C. Sparta Track and Field Team. He left Czechoslovakia for Canada in 1948. He co-founded and edited a Czechoslovak weekly Our Voices. Prudek died September 29, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Ladislav Prudek, Czech Heritage Papers

Collection — Box: Small MS collections

Identifier: MS-0269

Scope and Contents

Ladislav Prudek, Papers includes "Olympic highlights," in English, showing great moments in the 1976 summer and winter Olympics, a newspaper article "The New Homeland" from February 14, 1980, different newspaper excerpts related to sports; a bulletin from the 10th convention of the Association of free Czechoslovak sportsmen, and a paper about the history of Czechoslovak sportsmen abroad. In Czech and English.

Dates: 1948-1980

Found in: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries / Ladislav Prudek, Czech Heritage Papers