Edmund H. North was the winner of an Academy Award.
Semanin -LRB- German  : Schirmak -RRB- is a village and municipality -LRB- obec -RRB- in Usti nad Orlici District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic .. Region. Regions of the Czech Republic. Pardubice. Pardubice. District. Districts of the Czech Republic. Usti nad Orlici. Usti nad Orlici. obec. obec. Usti nad Orlici District. Usti nad Orlici District. Pardubice Region. Pardubice Region. The municipality covers an area of 8.8 km2 , and had a population of 558 -LRB- as of 3 July 2006 -RRB- .. Semanin lies approximately 13 km south of Usti nad Orlici , 52 km east of Pardubice , and 148 km east of Prague .. Pardubice. Pardubice. Usti nad Orlici. Usti nad Orlici. Prague. Prague