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Zdeněk Kovář

Zdeněk Kovář was born on 26 January 1917. Kovář died on 21 June 2004. Zdeněk Kovář was recorded with the gender male.

Also recorded as Zdenek Kovar

Biography

Zdeněk Kovář was born on 26 January 1917.

Zdeněk Kovář died on 21 June 2004.

Zdeněk Kovář is recorded with the gender male.

Zdeněk Kovář is recorded as having received Národní umělec, Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia and Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia).

Zdeněk Kovář is recorded with the occupation sculptor.

Occupation:2: Zdeněk Kovář is recorded with the occupation designer.

Occupation:3: Zdeněk Kovář is recorded with the occupation photographer.

Zdeněk Kovář is recorded as having received Národní umělec, Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia and Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia).

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1917–2004

  1. 1917

    Life

    Zdeněk Kovář was born in 1917 at Vsetín.

  2. 1963

    Zdeněk Kovář (1963) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.

  3. 1963

    Zdeněk Kovář digitised by Open Library.

  4. 1977

    Házenkářka is dated 1977.

  5. 2004

    Life

    Zdeněk Kovář died in 2004 at Zlín.

The full dated record · 5 entries
  1. 1917

    Zdeněk Kovář was born in 1917 at Vsetín.

  2. 1963

    Zdeněk Kovář (1963) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.

  3. 1963

    Zdeněk Kovář digitised by Open Library.

  4. 1977

    Házenkářka is dated 1977.

  5. 2004

    Zdeněk Kovář died in 2004 at Zlín.

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Places

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  • Vsetín

    Birth place

  • Zlín

    Death place

Primary material

Documents and archives

Interaction design of grip form of manually handled tools and Organic constructing In view of Zdeněk Kovář approach (2014) — DataCite (Unpublished).

  • Zdeněk Kovář (1963) — Open Library

Literature

Bibliography

Interaction design of grip form of manually handled tools and Organic constructing (In view of Zdeněk Kovář approach), International Design Journal, 2014.

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

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A further 2 witnesses are held back from this article because the person or object named in them is not yet resolved to this record. They are kept, not discarded, and return once the identity is established.

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.

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