Viktor Šlajchrt (30 April 1952 – 4 September 2025) was a Czech writer, poet, journalist and editor.
Life and career Born in Prague on 30 April 1952, he trained as a teacher and taught for several years. He then worked as a book salesman in a used book store, as a subway cleaner, and in sales. He eventually landed at the publisher Odeon working in sales and marketing, before transitioning to journalism full time after 1992. As a journalist, he worked first at the newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes and then at the weekly news magazine Respekt in its culture section until 2008.
Šlajchrt was a contributor to the Revolver Revue and Lidové noviny. From 1997 to 2001, he maintained on online diary that was one of the first Czech blogs. Šlajchrt was the author of a number of books.
He received the Ferdinand Dobrotivý Award in 2011.
Šlajchrt retired from full-time work in 2008, but continued to write. He died on 4 September 2025, at the age of 73.
Bibliography Pomalý pohyb (1998) Suroviny laskominy (2000) Srdečný pozdrav z hospody (2007) Putování pomezím (2008) Bankrot (2011) Jedna věta (2012) Okamžiky umění (2013) Bonvivánova kulinária (2015) Obrazy Prahy (2017) Bloumání epochami (2018) Josef Jíra 1929 - 2005 (2022)
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