Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:02:59 +0200Czechs today need cosmopolitan model, says author of novel exploring J. A. Baťa’s exile in Brazilhttps://english.radio.cz/czechs-today-need-cosmopolitan-model-says-author-novel-exploring-j-a-batas-exile-8201222© 2026 Radio Prague International A freshly published Czech novel reimagines episodes from the life of Jan Antonín Baťa, a Moravian business tycoon who built four cities in Brazil after being forced to flee from his native country. Markéta Pilátová’s book is based on an extensive family archive – and grew in part out of a friendship with the magnate’s granddaughter. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pilatova_marketa.jpg?timestamp=1591303588 Czechs today need cosmopolitan model, says author of novel exploring J. A. Baťa’s exile in Brazil https://english.radio.cz/czechs-today-need-cosmopolitan-model-says-author-novel-exploring-j-a-batas-exile-8201222 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9