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Jana Černá

Czech writer and poet (1928-1981) · Czechia · On the map · Writers · Died at 52

Jana Černá, born Jana Krejcarová, called "Honza", was a Czech poet, writer, and editor of samizdat editions in Czechoslovakia. She was a daughter of the journalist Milena Jesenská (1896-1944) and architect Jaromír Krejcar (1895-1950).

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After the communist coup d'état of 1948 she started publishing with her friends Egon Bondy, Ivo Vodseďálek and others in a secret underground edition Půlnoc. She was married 4 times and had 5 children. Černá died at the age of 52 in a car accident.

Country
Czechia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 1981 · aged 52