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Jiří Kratochvil

He was born in Brno.

Also recorded as Jiri Kratochvil

Biography

Jiří Kratochvil is recorded as having received City of Brno Award, Jaroslav Seifert Prize and Litera for prose.

Jiří Kratochvil studied at Charles University, Masaryk University and Masaryk University Faculty of Arts. The recorded working language is Czech.

The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, prose and journalism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Brno.

Distinctions recorded are City of Brno Award, Jaroslav Seifert Prize, Litera for prose and participant in the resistance and resistance against communism.

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  1. 1940

    Jiří Kratochvil was born in 1940 at Brno.

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Jiří Kratochvil received City of Brno Award, Jaroslav Seifert Prize, Litera for prose, participant in the resistance and resistance against communism, Egon Hostovský Prize and Czech State Award for Literature.

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