Mira Liehm

Mira Liehm
Born
Drahomíra Novotná

(1929-12-05)5 December 1929
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died2 October 2019(2019-10-02) (aged 89)
Other namesDrahomíra Liehmová, Drahomíra Olivová, Drahomíra Sisová
Occupations
  • Film historian
  • film critic
SpouseAntonín J. Liehm
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1972)
Academic background
Alma materCharles University
Academic work
InstitutionsThe New School for Social Research

Drahomíra N. Liehm-Novotná[a][2] (5 December 1929 – 2 October 2019) was a Czech film historian and critic. A 1972 Guggenheim Fellow, she wrote several books, including The Most Important Art (1977) and Passion and Defiance (1984), the former of which she co-authored with Antonín J. Liehm.

Biography

She was born Drahomíra Novotná on 5 December 1929 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[3] She was married to writer Antonín J. Liehm.[1] She was educated at Charles University, where she obtained her doctorate degree in literary studies in 1953.[2][4]

After briefly spending time working in foreign relations for Czechoslovak Filmexport, she started working as an editor for media outlets and journals, with one of her early roles being as editor-in-chief for Československý film.[4][2] She was deputy editor-in-chief for Film a doba,[5] as well as editor for both Divadelní a filmové noviny and the Journal of Cinema and Television in Prague.[2][4] She also worked for Filmové a televizní noviny.[5]

She would publish reviews and critical studies in some of the periodicals she worked with.[4] She specialized in Italian and Eastern European film,[4] with her works including Il cinema nell'Europa dell'Est 1960–1977 (1977) and Passion and Defiance (1984).[1][2][5] In 1972,[6] she and her husband were awarded a joint Guggenheim Fellowship for a history of cinema in Eastern Europe.[2] In 1977, she and her husband co-authored The Most Important Art.[7]

She was among several signatories to "The Two Thousand Words" in 1968.[4] Following this, she fled the country alongside her husband, eventually settling in the United States.[4][1] She worked at The New School for Social Research as a lecturer (1971–1972).[2] In 1982, she and her husband moved to France, where she was a contributor to Lettre International (which her husband ran).[4] She was part of the selection committee of the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[4]

In 2013, she and her husband moved back to Prague.[4] She died on 2 October 2019, at the age of 90.[5]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ She originally published as Drahomíra Novotná and Drahomíra Olivová during her journalism career, before publishing as Mira Liehm for her academic books in exile.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Antonín Jaroslav LIEHM". Slovník české literatury (in Czech). Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Reports of the President and the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1969. p. 237.
  3. ^ "Novotná, Drahomíra" (in Czech). Municipal Library of Prague. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Zemřela Drahomíra Liehmová". ČSDS (in Czech). Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d Štolba, Jan (4 October 2019). "Zemřela publicistka a filmová kritička Drahomíra Liehmová" (in Czech). Archived from the original on 24 June 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Drahomíra N. Liehm-Novotná". Guggenheim Fellowships. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  7. ^ "The Most Important Art by Mira Liehm, Antonin Liehm – Paper". University of California Press. Archived from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  8. ^ Liehm, Mira; Liehm, Antonin (8 January 2021). The Most Important Art. ISBN 978-0-520-31616-4.
  9. ^ Bickley, Daniel (1981). "Review of The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945". Cinéaste. 11 (3): 43–44. ISSN 0009-7004. JSTOR 41692493.
  10. ^ Brown, Archie (1979). "Review of The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film after 1945". International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944–). 55 (1): 146–147. doi:10.2307/2617188. ISSN 0020-5850. JSTOR 2617188.
  11. ^ Filipowicz-Findlay, Halina (1978). "Review of The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film after 1945". The Slavic and East European Journal. 22 (1): 103–104. doi:10.2307/305694. ISSN 0037-6752. JSTOR 305694.
  12. ^ Frost, Edgar L. (1979). "The Most Important Art: East European Film After 1945". Slavic Review. 38 (2): 360–361. doi:10.2307/2497154. ISSN 0037-6779. JSTOR 2497154.
  13. ^ Kiziria-Smith, Dodona (1 December 1977). "mira liehm and antonín j. liehm. The Most Important Art: East European Film after 1945". The American Historical Review. 82 (5): 1290. doi:10.1086/ahr/82.5.1290. ISSN 0002-8762.
  14. ^ Koszarski, Richard (1977). "Review of The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945". The Polish Review. 22 (4): 106–107. ISSN 0032-2970. JSTOR 25777536.
  15. ^ Uhde, Jan (1978). "LIEHM, M. and A.J., The Most Important Art (Book Review)". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 20 (4): 597.
  16. ^ Liehm, Mira (1984). Passion and Defiance. Berkeley: Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05744-9.
  17. ^ Esposito, Joan (1985). "Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present (review)". Minnesota Review. 25 (1): 130–133. ISSN 2157-4189.
  18. ^ Murray, William (16 September 1984). "FROM FASCISM TO FELLINI (Published 1984)". New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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