Ota Filip

Ota Filip (* 9. března 1930, Slezská Ostrava) je jedna z předních postav české exilové literatury.

Po maturitě (1948) pracoval v různých zaměstnáních (sportovní redaktor Mladé Fronty, horník, v letech 1968 – 1969 redaktor ostravského nakladatelství Profil, dělník). V roce 1970 byl odsouzen za podvracení republiky. V roce 1974 se nuceně vystěhoval do Německa. V Německu pracoval jako publicista a komentátor a jako lektor nakladatelství Fischer Verlag. Je členem Bavorské akademie věd a umění. Žije v podalpském městečku Murnau am Staffelsee.

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