I Was Writing This Diary For You, Sasha by Hana Pravda Presentation copy inscribed, dated & signed by the author on the title page thus: "To kind Dr. Finnegen from Hana-Maria Pravda 23. 10. 2000."; published by Day Books but no date (presumed to be 2000), edition nor location stated (the book appears to have been published without a Copyright page), Introduction by Edward Fenton, 111pp. + many b/w illustration, text generally sound, slight staining to the page extremities at the very bottom, spine slightly cocked, bumping & rubbing to board corners & to the top & bottom of boards - heavier to the sides of both boards & base of spine & heavier still to the top of the spine, bumping & rubbing to the front top & bottom left hand/rear top & bottom right hand corners, bumping to the rear top right hand side, some bumping to spine edges on front & rear, elsewhere both boards & spine slightly marked & bumped, the dust jacket has slight internal & external browning, is slightly rubbed & creased at the bottom - more so at the top (especially at the top of the spine), slight scuffing to the corners & to the top & bottom of the spine, both front & rear have a number of marks, scratches & indentations. Hana Maria Pravda ( née Becková; after first marriage, Munk; after second marriage, Pravda; 29 January 1916 − 22 May 2008) was a Czech actress. Hana Maria Becková was born in Prague on 29 January 1916. She trained in Leningrad in 1936 under Alexei Dikii. On her return to Prague, she married her first husband, Alexander Munk who was a student activist. Pravda worked in Czech theatre before the outbreak of World War II and made five films (under the names Hana Becková, Hana Bělská, Hana Alexandrová and Hana Pravdová). When the war broke out, Hana and her husband, Alexander Munk, were sent to Theresienstadt and were subsequently transferred to Auschwitz where they became separated. She survived the camp and the subsequent January 1945 death march and recorded her experiences in a diary. She later learned her husband had died. She returned to Prague and continued to act in the realistic theatre where she met George Pravda. She emigrated to the UK with him and continued her career. Pravda's best known role was as Emma Cohen in the 1970's TV drama Survivors. She also appeared as the wife of the innkeeper (played by her real-life husband George) in the Jack Palance version of Dracula (1974). Other TV credits include: Danger Man, Department S, Callan, Z-Cars, Dad's Army & Tales of the Unexpected. Pravda's wartime diary was published as I Was Writing This Diary For You, Sasha (2000). She also published a collection of autobiographical stories, Kaleidoscope: Snapshots of My Life (2002). Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged. (£5.99/neben/thagyamin)