Vladislav Vančura was a Czech writer. He was also active as a film director, playwright and screenwriter. A member of the Czech resistance during WWII, he was captured and executed by the Nazis.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, film director, physician writer
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia, Austria–Hungary
- Born
- June 23, 1891
- Died
- June 1, 1942
