Ota Ulč is a Czech-American

United States

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 author and columnist.

Ulč studied law at the Charles University in Prague

Prague

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. In 1959 he escaped via West Berlin

West Berlin

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 to the West

Western world

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 and finally to the U.S. There he proceeded to study political science

Political science

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 at the Columbia University

Columbia University

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 in New York

New York

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. Afterwards, he gave classes on comparative governments at Binghamton University

Binghamton University

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. Ulč now (2006) lives in Binghamton, in upstate New York.

His books were published by Škvorecký

Josef Škvorecký

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's 68 Publishers

68 Publishers

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 in Toronto

Toronto

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. Since 1989 Ulč has published about 20 books and articles both printed and online newspapers in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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.

Publications

• Judge in a Communist State, Ohio University Press, 1972
• Politics in Czechoslovakia, San Francisco:W.H.Freeman, 1974
• Malá doznání okresního soudce, Sixty-Eight Publishers, Toronto, 1974
• Náš člověk v Indii a na Ceyloně, Sixty-Eight Publishers, Toronto, 1976
• Antinostalgicum, Sixty-Eight Publishers, Toronto, 1977
• Bez Čedoku po Pacifiku, Sixty-Eight Publishers, Toronto, 1980
• Špatně časovaný běženec, Sixty-Eight Publishers, Toronto, 1985
• Bez Čedoku po Jižní Africe, Sixty-Eight Publishers, Toronto, 1988
• Šťastně navrácený běženec, Sixty-Eight Publishers, Toronto, 1992
• My a oni, Polygon Verlag, Zurich, (1.ed.1987, 2.ed.1989)
• Malá doznání okresního soudce, Art-servis, Prague, 1990
• Nástin přednášek mezinárodního práva, Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 1991
• Příručka pro zájemce o americký svět, Rozmluvy, Prague, 1992
• Bez Čedoku po Číně a okolí, Ivo Železný, Prague, 1992
• Bez Čedoku po Jižní Africe, Ivo Železný, Prague, 1992
• Naši mezi protinožci, Faun, Prague, 1998
• Běženec v sametu, Faun, Prague, 1998
• Vandrování po Pacifiku a Oceánii, Olympia, Prague, 1998
• Všehochuť málo korektní Doplněk, Brno 2002
• Kam šlápne česká noha, Šulc, Prague, 2003,ISBN 80-7244-105-1
• Pacifik: ostrovní komunikace a lidožroutská tradice, Šulc, Prague, 2004
• Čech částečným Číňanem, Academia, Prague, 2004
• Klokánie a obtížné sousedství: piráti, lovci lebek, novodobí teroristé, Šulc, Prague, 2006

External links

• Ota Ulc: from morose nihilism to a New York professorship (in English)
• Ulč's website (in Czech)