Editing Michal Viewegh (section)

{{Short description|Czech author}}
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| name                      = Michal Viewegh
| image                     = Michal Viewegh, Brno.jpg
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| caption                   = Michal Viewegh
| birth_date                = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1962|03|31}}
| birth_place               = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
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| occupation                = Writer
| nationality               = [[Czech people|Czech]]
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| citizenship               = 
| education                 = [[pedagogy]]
| alma_mater                = [[Charles University]]
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| notableworks              = ''Báječná léta pod psa''<br />''Výchova dívek v Čechách''<br />''Účastníci zájezdu''<br />''Román pro ženy''
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| children                  = 3
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| signature                 = Michal Viewegh podpis.png
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| website                   = {{URL|www.michalviewegh.com}}
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'''Michal Viewegh'''  is one of the most popular contemporary [[Czechs|Czech]] writers.

He is the most published Czech author of all time, with over a million books sold. In 1993 he earned the prestigious [[Jiří Orten Award|Jiří Orten award]] for Czech writers 30 years old or younger.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Vítězem Ceny Jiřího Ortena 1993 se stal|url=https://www.cenajirihoortena.cz/article/detail/39/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Cenajirihoortena.cz|language=cs}}</ref>

Viewegh survived a [[traumatic aortic rupture]] in 2012.