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Ivan Martin Jirous

Ivan Martin Jirous was a Czech writer, poet, art historian, editing staff, translator and cultural studies scholar (1944–2011). He was born at Humpolec and died at Prague.

Ivan Martin Jirous in brief

Born
1944
Died
2011
Known for
writer,poet,art historian,editing staff,translator,cultural studies scholar,art critic,opinion journalist
Place of birth
Humpolec

Overview

Also worked under the name Magor.

Born at Humpolec in 1944, died at Prague in 2011.

Identity and origins

He also worked under the name Magor. His recorded language was Czech. His recorded confession was Catholic Church.

He married Juliana Jirousová and Věra Jirousová. 2 children are recorded: Marta Veselá Jirousová and Františka Jirousová. Other recorded relations include Jiří Padrta.

Career and activity

Ivan Martin Jirous worked in literature, children's and young adult literature, culturology and opinion journalism.

He belonged to Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted.

Recognition and collections

Ivan Martin Jirous received 1st of June Award, Jaroslav Seifert Prize and participant in the resistance and resistance against communism. Work by Ivan Martin Jirous is held by Samizdat Collection of Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, Czech Exile Collection at Libri Prohibiti, VONS Collection at Libri Prohibiti and Czech Samizdat Collection at Libri Prohibiti.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Josef Žáček: Anticorps. Magorův noční zpěv.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Jirous, Ivan Martin, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Jirous, Ivan Martin: Das lyrische Werk, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Urban Disaffiliation: The Swan Songs of Ivan Martin Jirous, Underground Modernity, 2021. REPORT ON THE THIRD CZECH MUSICAL REVIVAL BY IVAN MARTIN JIROUS – ITS ORIGINS, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, Writing Underground, 2020. Ivan Jirous, Index on Censorship, 1989.

In detail

the recorded working language is Czech.

The field of work recorded is literature, children's and young adult literature and culturology.

Membership is recorded of Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted.

Work by Ivan Martin Jirous is recorded in the collections of Samizdat Collection of Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, Czech Exile Collection at Libri Prohibiti, VONS Collection at Libri Prohibiti, Czech Samizdat Collection at Libri Prohibiti and Memory of Nations.

Distinctions recorded are 1st of June Award, Jaroslav Seifert Prize and participant in the resistance and resistance against communism.

Chronology

  1. 1944Ivan Martin Jirous born at Humpolec.
  2. 2011Ivan Martin Jirous died at Prague.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Ivan Martin Jirous”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q426528: Ivan Martin Jirous

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