Medek, Rudolf, 1890-1940

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Name (Latin)
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (France)
Date of birth
1890-01-08
Date of death
1940-08-22
Occupation
Authors
Poets
Soldiers
Associated Language
cze
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 25955120
Wikidata: Q159952
Library of congress: n 82122277
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Wikipedia description:

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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