Svatopluk Turek

Svatopluk Turek was a Czech novelist, known under the pen name T. Svatopluk.
After studying art at the university, he worked as graphic designer for the Bata shoe company in Zlín.
He is best known for his book Botostroj, in which he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying the lives of people and its boss Tomáš Baťa as a dictator. The novel is written in very fast, expressive language.
The family of Tomáš Baťa sued for defamation and tried in various ways to stop publication of the book.

Works

Botostroj, 1933Bez šéfa, a sequel after the company was nationalizedMrtví zeměAndělé úspěchuGordonův trust žaluje Hrdinové z ostrova