Rudolf Medek (8 January 1890 in

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– 22 August 1940) was a

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, army-related prose writer, and a general in the

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. In 1919 he was awarded the

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which he sent back after the

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, as he did with his

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insignia. He was the father of the musician and journalist

Ivan Medek Ivan Medek (July 13, 1925 – January 6, 2010) 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 Cz ...

, and the painter Mikuláš Medek.PRECLÍK, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (Masaryk and legions), váz. kniha, 219 pages, first issue - vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karvina, Czechia) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk democratic movement, Prague), 2019, , str. 23 - 24, 153 - 54

Partial bibliography

* ''Rokoko'' - poem * ''Půlnoc bohů'' (English: ''Midnight of Gods'') (1912) - book of poetry * ''Anabáze'' - army document * ''Plukovník Švec'' - army drama

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