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Stoppard was born Tomáš Sträussler, [ 8 ] in Zlín, a city dominated by the shoe manufacturing industry, in the Moravia region of Czechoslovakia. He is the son of Martha Becková and Eugen Sträussler, [ 8 ] a doctor employed by the Bata shoe company. His parents were non-observant Jews. [ 9 ]
Sep 27, 2024 · Tom Stoppard (born July 3, 1937, Zlín, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter whose work is marked by verbal brilliance, ingenious action, and structural dexterity.
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Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard was born Tomás Straüssler on 3 July 1937 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia. He grew up in Singapore and India during the Second World War and moved to England in 1946 with his mother and stepfather, his own father having been killed in Singapore.
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Oct 24, 2020 · He was born Tomás Sträussler in Czechoslovakia in 1937 to a Jewish doctor and his wife. Eight months later, the Nazis invaded and the family fled to Singapore. In 1942 they attempted to flee...
Born into a non-observant Jewish family in Czechoslovakia, he experienced the horrors of World War II and the imminent threat of Nazi occupation. Fleeing the advancing forces, Stoppard's family sought refuge in Singapore, where his father tragically perished during the war.
Tom Stoppard was born on July 3, 1937 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]. He is a writer and producer, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Brazil (1985) and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).
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Tom Stoppard. Born: July 3, 1937 Zlin, Czechoslovakia Czech-born English playwright. One of England's most important playwrights, Czechoslovakian-born Tom Stoppard is popular in the United States as well.
