Jan Pelc

Jan Pelc (born 15 April 1957, Podbořany, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech writer.

After finishing school, where he was learning to become a locksmith, Pelc worked in a power plant.

He was exposed to Czech underground when he was still a teenager, when he was attending concerts forbidden in Czechoslovakia, such as The Plastic People of the Universe.

During the 70s and 80s he was co-editing the Prague magazine "Vokno: časopis pro druhou i jinou kulturu".

In 1985 Pelc came second in Radio Free Europe's contest for the most popular Czech writer.