Rudolf Medek
Illustration — Rudolf Medek Rudolf Medek (8 January 1890 in Hradec Králové – 22 August 1940) was a Czech poet, army-related prose writer, and a general in the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia. In 1919 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order by George V which he sent back after the Munich Agreement, as he did with his Légion d'honneur insignia. He was the father of the musician and journalist Ivan Medek, and the painter Mikuláš Medek.
Rudolf Medek
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- 1890 · Hradec Králové.
- Died
- 1940 · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia · Cisleithania
- Occupation
- screenwriter · writer · poet · czechoslovak legionary · playwright · opinion journalist
- Honours
- Distinguished Service Order · Legion of Honour
- Languages
- Czech
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Illustration — Rudolf Medek Rudolf Medek (8 January 1890 in Hradec Králové – 22 August 1940) was a Czech poet, army-related prose writer, and a general in the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia. In 1919 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order by George V which he sent back after the Munich Agreement, as he did with his Légion d'honneur insignia. He was the father of the musician and journalist Ivan Medek, and the painter Mikuláš Medek.
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• Rokoko - poem • Půlnoc bohů (English: Midnight of Gods) (1912) - book of poetry • Anabáze - army document • Plukovník Švec - army drama
Tomb of Painter Antonín Slavíček, Olšany Cemetery, Prague
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- 1.PRECLÍK, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (Masaryk and legions), váz. kniha, 219 pages, first issue - vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karvina, Czechia) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk democratic movement, Prague), 2019, , str. 23 - 24, 153 - 54
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