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Viktor Dyk
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Viktor Dyk (31 December 1877 – 14 May 1931) was a Czech politician, poet, writer, and chess player. He was a member of scouting and held citizenship in Cisleithania and Czechoslovakia. Dyk spoke Czech, French, and German. His fields of work included poetry, prose, drama, and literary criticism.
His notable works include *Stud*, *Zápas Jiřího Macků*, *Dramata a prózy*, *Inter arma*, and *Zpěvy v bouři*. He was married to Zdenka Hásková. Dyk died of natural causes due to a myocardial infarction in Lopud. He is buried in Olšany Cemetery.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 31 December 1877
- Died
- 14 May 1931
- Works
- 99
Top works
- Stud
- Zápas Jiřího Macků
- Dramata a prózy
- Inter arma
- Zpěvy v bouři
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Czechia
- Active from
- 1877
- Active to
- 1931
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,278
- Total plays
- 5,619
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Viktor+Dyk">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
· 2006 · cited 10,535x
- A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo
· 1951 · cited 10,392x
- THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF SUBSTANCES WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY NEGATIVE VALUES OF $\epsilon$ AND μ
· 1968 · cited 9,457x
- Climbing the Density Functional Ladder: Nonempirical Meta–Generalized Gradient Approximation Designed for Molecules and Solids
· 2003 · cited 6,572x
- Comparison of multiple Amber force fields and development of improved protein backbone parameters
· 2006 · cited 6,560x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1877-12-31 ) 31 December 1877, Pšovka u Mělníka , Kingdom of Bohemia , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 14 May 1931 (1931-05-14) (aged 53), Lopud , Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- Poet , politician , playwright , prose writer, journalist
- Literary movement
- Czech nationalist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Viktor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of death
- Lopud
- Spouse
- Zdenka Hásková
- Occupation
- political prisoner
- Languages spoken
- German
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Czech Republic
- Image
- Viktor Dyk.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- place of burial
- Olšany Cemetery
- Commons category
- Viktor Dyk
- date of birth
- 1877-12-31
- date of death
- 1931-05-14
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- Czechs
- member of
- scouting
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Viktor Dyk, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Viktor Dyk ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɪktor ˈdɪk]; 31 December 1877 – 14 May 1931) was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of Czech writers. Dyk co-founded a political party and entered politics. He died at age 53, leaving his many poems, plays and writings.
Life
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