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.<ref>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, Template:ISBN , str. 23 - 24, 153 - 54</ref>
Partial bibliography
- Rokoko - poem
- Půlnoc bohů (English: Midnight of Gods) (1912) - book of poetry
- Anabáze - army document
- Plukovník Švec - army drama
References
External links
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- 1890 births
- 1940 deaths
- Czech male poets
- Czechoslovak Legions in literature
- Writers from Hradec Králové
- Knights of the Order of the Falcon (Czechoslovakia)
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Recipients of the Legion of Honour
- 20th-century Czech poets
- 20th-century Czech male writers
- Burials at Olšany Cemetery