Jan Novak

<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Nov%C3%A1k_%28writer%29">Jan Novák</a></b> (b. 1953) is a Czech-American author, screenwriter and playwright. He has published extensively in both Czech and English, also translating numerous works of Vaclav Havel into English. His English-language novels include <i>Commies, Crooks, Gypsies, Spooks, and Poets</i> and <i>The Willys Dream Kit</i>. Novák received his undergraduate education at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>, a small <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/curriculum/index.cfm">Great Books college</a> in Illinois, and later at the University of Chicago, where he also completed his master's degree. Novák has received numerous …