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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

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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 [cs], 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 [cs],[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]

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Notes

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  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

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Antonín Jaroslav LIEHM". Slovník české literatury (in Czech). Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Zemřela Drahomíra Liehmová". ČSDS (in Czech). Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 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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