What is Leoš Šimánek?
{{Infobox person | name = Leoš Šimánek | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|04|19}} | birth_place = [[Choceň]] | nationality = Czech | occupation = Traveler, photographer, writer, mountaineer }} '''Leoš Šimánek''' (born 19 April [[1946]]) is a [[Czech people|Czech]] [[traveler]], [[photographer]] and [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]]. He wrote more than 20 books about his travels. Šimánek studied [[civil engineering]]. He left communist [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1968.<ref>{{in lang|cs}} [http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiozurnal/host/_zprava/leos-simanek-vizum-jsem-dostal-na-zaklade-vlastnorucne-vyrobeneho-razitka--1190549 Leoš Šimánek: Vízum jsem dostal na základě vlastnoručně vyrobeného razítka]</ref> He settled in [[Germany]] where he gained citizenship and lived at different times of his life. He worked as an architect in [[Passau]].<ref>{{in lang|cs}} [https://www.denik.cz/cestovani/cestovatel-leos-simanek-prozradil-pojedu-se-podivat-na-nejaktivnejsi-sopku-20121.html Cestovatel Leoš Šimánek prozradil: Pojedu se podívat na nejaktivnější sopku!]</ref> He also lived in Canada where he built his own cabin. He first wrote his books in German language but later also in his native Czech. Apart of travel books, he also wrote a novel called ''V zajetí polární zimy''. As a mountaineer, he made [[first ascent]] at [[Mount Queen Bess]] in [[British Columbia]].<ref>{{in lang|cs}} [https://nymbursky.denik.cz/kultura_region/cestovatel-leos-simanek-predstavi-pri-besede-svou-cestu-na-aljasku-20160816.html Cestovatel Leoš Šimánek představí při besedě svou cestu na Aljašku]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.leossimanek.cz Official website] {{in lang|cs}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simanek, Leos}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Czech writers]] [[Category:Photographers]] [[Category:Mountain climbers]]