Authors and Illustrators Database

Charles Novacek

Born: 05/11/1928  Ozdany , Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Died: 07/13/2007
Parents: Maria and Antonin Novacek
Spouse: 1. Valentina (deceased) 2. Sandra
Children: Margarita, Sparks, Eugene, Alexander
Address(es):
Detroit, MI
Contact Information:
Email: Sandra Novacek: novaceks@att.net
Website: http://www.charlesnovacekbooks.com
image of Charles Novacek

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance
- Autobiography, Memoir 		Non Fiction, Biography, History Adult, Teen Detroit:1021 Press 2012
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Charles once said, "I write to help me make sense of the world."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes
Inquiries may be sent to Charles Novacek's widow Sandra Novacek re workshops, readings, presentations, etc.

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: Yes

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) Art Education George Peabody College Nashville, TN 1973

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Project Manager Barton Malow Company Southfield, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1974-1985
Project Manager Darin and Armstrong (now part of Walbridge Aldinger) Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1960-1974
Project Engineer O.W. Burke Company Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1957-1960
Design engineer, draftsman Congress Steel Products Company Melvindale, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1956-1957
Engineer, draftsman Marcel Sous de Castro Engineering Caracas, Venezuela 1951-1956
Legal clerk International Refugee Organization U.S. Zone, Germany 1948-1951

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search/X?SEARCH=%22Charles+Novacek%22&searchscope=15&l=&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=D

Other Comments:

Work published posthumously. “Border Crossings is the well-told and dramatic story of a young man whose comfortable life is abruptly transformed by the savagery of World War II. Forced to rely on primal instincts and his familiarity with the rugged highlands of Moravia, Charles Novacek casts his lot first with the anti-Hitler Underground and then with the resistance to the Nazis’ Communist successors. “My recollections pain me,” he writes, “still, they have made me who I am.” Novacek’s experience as a Hungarian-speaking Czecho-Slovak patriot demonstrates the folly of petty nationalism and the resilience of human decency and love.” Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, 2012

Last Modified On: 8/2/2014 12:00:00 AM