Vilém Flusser
Vilém Flusser Vilém Flusser was born in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, on 12 May 1920, and died on 27 November 1991 in a car accident near the Czech–German border while traveling to give a lecture in Prague. Born into a Jewish family, he began his studies in Prague in 1938; with the Nazi occupation he left the city in 1939 for London and, in 1940, emigrated to Brazil, where he became a Brazilian citizen. A significant part of his family fell victim to Nazi persecution, an experience that marked his reflection on exile, language, and belonging. ...