- Born
- September 23, 1901
- Died
- January 10, 1986
- Country
- Czech Republic
- IPI
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00028276966 4 works
- Affiliation
- OSA
- Comments
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Acclaimed poet and translator (mainly from French) born in Žižkov (now a part of Prague). One of the founders of Devětsil, an association of Czech avant-garde artists (founded in 1920 in Prague). He has been the only Czech writer to gain the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1984) so far.
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