Václav Cílek

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Václav Cílek
Born (1955-05-11) 11 May 1955 (age 68)
NationalityCzech

Václav Cílek (born 11 May 1955) is Czech geologist,

climatologist, writer, philosopher, science popularizer and translator of Tao and Zen texts.[1]

Biography

In his youth, Cílek moved to

Cenozoic Era
. He also explores interactions between environment and civilization. Between 2004 and 2012, he was the director of the Geologic Institute of Czech Academy of Science.

Cílek also published several popularization books and many articles in journals and newspapers. During his career, he collaborated with

Mladá fronta DNES, Mladý svět, Právo, Reflex, Respekt, Czech Television, Czech Radio etc.[2][3] He was a co-creator of the TV series about caves of the Czech Republic, called Podzemní Čechy (The Underground Czech Republic, 2001).[2]

In 2004, Cílek was awarded Tom Stoppard Prize for his books Krajiny vnitřní a vnější (2002) and Makom: Kniha míst (2004).[4] Additionally, he was named Laureate by the Minister of Ecology for "valuable contribution to the popularization of Czech science, especially geology and climatology" (2007).[4] In 2009, he was awarded the Václav Havel Foundation VIZE 97 Prize.[5]

Works

Notes

  1. Mladá fronta DNES
    (in Czech). iDnes. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Václav Cílek" (in Czech). Portál české literatury. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Václav Cílek – geolog, klimatolog a spisovatel (interview)" (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Václav Cílek". Czech Literature Portal. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  5. ČT 24
    . Retrieved 28 April 2011.

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