Edvard Valenta [SEP] place of death
Edvard Valenta
Edvard Valenta (January 22, 1901 in Prostějov – August 21, 1978 in Prague) was a Czech journalist and writer.
Valenta was born into a family of a medical doctor. After secondary school (finished in 1918) he started to study at a technical university but left soon for the work of journalist. In 1920 Valenta joined the Brno office of the newspaper Lidové noviny and stayed here until February 1948 when he was purged away by the new communist regime. In December 1948 Valenta was taken into
zlatém severu ("Thirty Years in the Golden North")
- Bedřich Golombek, Edvard Valenta, Po stopách polárních pokladů ("On the Tracks of Polar Treasures")
- Bedřich Golombek, Edvard Valenta, Trampoty eskymáckého náčelníka v Evropě ("Trails of an Eskimo Chief in Europe")
- Bedřich Golombek, Edvard Valenta, Ledové povídy Eskymo Welzla ("Ice Tales of Eskimo Welzl")
- Rudolf Krejčí: Cesta kolem světa 1893-1898 / Jan Welzl ("Travels Around the World 1893