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Adolf Hoffmeister

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Czechoslovakian writer (1902-1973)

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Adolf Hoffmeister was a Czech writer, playwright, painter, draughtsman, scenographer, cartoonist, translator, diplomat, lawyer, university professor and traveller. During the war, he served as editor of the radio station Voice of America, and after the war the Czechoslovak ambassador to France.

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1967Národní umělec
1962Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia
1960Order of the Republic
1958Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
1947Commander of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
1947Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1946Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Adolf Hoffmeister was a Czech writer, playwright, painter, draughtsman, scenographer, cartoonist, translator, diplomat, lawyer, university professor and traveller. During the war, he served as editor of the radio station Voice of America, and after the war the Czechoslovak ambassador to France. In 1951 he became a professor at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague. He was a founding member of Devětsil (1920), chairman of the Union of Czechoslovak Visual Artists, and a member of International Association of Art Critics. Hoffmeister represented Czechoslovakia at UNESCO, the PEN Club and other international organizations. Hoffmeister's career was ended by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 and the subsequent occupation.

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Lived 1902 to 1973 · aged 70
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