Svatopluk Turek was a Czech

Czech Republic

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 novelist, known under pen name T. Svatopluk.

After studying arts at the university he worked as graphics designer in Baťa company

Bata Shoes

Bata Shoes is a large, family owned shoe company based in Bermuda but currently headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, operating 3 business units worldwide – Bata Metro Markets, Bata Emerging Markets and Bata Branded Business. It has a retail presence in over 50 countries and production...

 in Zlín

Zlín

Zlín , from 1949 to 1989 Gottwaldov , is a city in the Zlín Region, southeastern Moravia, Czech Republic, on the Dřevnice River. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company...

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He is most known for his book Botostroj (The Shoe Machine) where he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying lives of people and its boss Tomáš Baťa

Tomáš Bata

Tomáš Baťa was a Czech entrepreneur, founder of Bata Shoes company, one of the world's biggest multinational retailers, manufacturers and distributors of footwear and accessories.-Career:...

 as a dictator. The novel is written in very fast, expressive language.

Family of Tomáš Baťa sued for defamation and tried in various ways to stop publishing the book.

Works

• Botostroj, 1933 (The Shoe Machine)
• Bez šéfa, (Without the boss) - sequel, after the company was nationalized
• Mrtví země
• Andělé úspěchu
• Gordonův trust žaluje (also named Pán a spisovatel)
• Hrdinové z ostrova
• Švédský mramor

See also

Bata shoe factory (East Tilbury)

Bata shoe factory (East Tilbury)

The Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury is what remains of an industrial estate in Essex which produced shoes for over 70 years. Founded in 1932 by Tomáš Baťa, the factory was "one of the most important planned landscapes in the East of England" in the 20th Century...