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Ivan Medek

Czech publicist (1925-2010) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 84

Ivan Medek was a Czech classical music critic, radio broadcaster and journalist. Medek was an important voice of the Czech anti-communist opposition movement, particularly after being forced into exile from Czechoslovakia in 1978.

Ivan Medek is read about 2.5 times a day, in 9 languages.

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2010Died6 January 20102008Ferdinand Peroutka AwardAward20051st of June AwardAward1991Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class IIIAward1925Born13 July 1925

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Awards

Ferdinand Peroutka Award2008
1st of June Award2005
Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III1991
Participant in the Resistance and Resistance Against Communism
Honorary Citizen of Prague 3
Honorary Citizen of Prague 7
Karel Kramář Medal

About this person

Medek collaborated closely with such Czechoslovak politicians as Václav Havel and Pavel Tigrid in opposition to communist rule.

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2010 · aged 84

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