Zdeňka Bezděková
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Born
19 April 1907
Zdeňka Vondrušková
19 April 1907
Died12 August 1999 (aged 92)
České Budějovice, Czech Republic
KnownforWriter
Notable workŘíkali mi Leni
Zdeňka Bezděková | |
|---|---|
 Zdeňka [nee Vondrušková] Bezděková, circa 1940 | |
| Born | Zdeňka Vondrušková 19 April 1907 |
| Died | 12 August 1999 (aged 92) České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| Known for | Writer |
| Notable work | Říkali mi Leni |
Zdeňka Bezděková (19 April 1907 – 12 August 1999) née Vondrušková, was a Czech writer, philosopher, and translator. She was largely known for writing Říkali mi Leni about a Czech girl living in post-war Germany.
Bezděková graduated from the girls' grammar school in České Budějovice, Czech Republic, and went on to study philosophy and literature in Prague and Paris, graduating in 1931.[1]
She first married on 22 June 1929 in Prague, to grammar school professor František Bezděk. They divorced in 1930.[2]
