Rudolf Medek
Rudolf Medek (born January 8, 1890 in Königgrätz , † August 22, 1940 in Prague ) was a Czech writer and officer .
Life
From 1909 until the beginning of the First World War he worked as a teacher. After completing the officer training of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Gablonz , he fought on the Eastern Front against Russia from 1915 . After his capture in Kiev , he was to be sent to a prison camp in Siberia . However, he did not arrive there, but ended up in the hospital in Chelyabinsk (Urals).
In 1916 he joined the Czechoslovak Legions as a volunteer and became one of their generals. He took part in the Battle of Zborów (now Zboriw , Ternopil Oblast , Ukraine). In 1919 he returned to Prague, was promoted to colonel in the Czechoslovak Army , and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order by the British king . In France he received the Legion Medal of Honor . Disappointed with the Munich Agreement in 1938, he sent both awards back to London and Paris. In 1929 there was another promotion to brigadier general .
From 1920 to 1929 Medek was director of the National Resistance Memorial Center (Památník národního odboje), then the Liberation Monument (Památník osvobození), which is part of the Jan Žižka memorial on Vítkov Hill in the Karlín district of Prague .
family
Rudolf Medek is the father of Ivan Medek , musician and well-known dissident, as well as the painter Mikuláš Medek .
Works
Rudolf Medek wrote books about the Czech Legion and its struggle for freedom, the publication of which was banned by the communist rulers after the February revolution in 1948 due to their anti-Bolshevik stance. The inspiration for his most famous drama came from the suicide of his friend, Colonel Josef Jiří Švec , who shot himself on October 25, 1918 at the station in Aksakowo .
Poems
- Půlnoc bohů - 1912
- Prsten - 1914
- Lví srdce - 1919
Novels
- Ohnivý drak - filmed in 1921, 1925
- Veliké dny - 1923
- Ostrov v bouři - 1925
- Mohutný sen - 1926
- Anabase - 1927
- Legenda o Barabášovi - 1932
Theatrical games
- Plukovník Švec - filmed in 1928, 1929
Film adaptations
- Zborov (1938) (draft)
actor
- Za československý stát (1928); Medek played the general
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Medek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Rudolf Medek in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Medek, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech writer and officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königgrätz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1940 |
| Place of death | Prague |