Jaroslav Erik Frič

Jaroslav Erik Frič (14 August 1949 – 24 May 2019) was a Czech poet, musician and publisher. He also helped organise underground culture festivals.

Jaroslav Erik Frič
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Frič in 2017
Born14 August 1949
Died24 May 2019
CitizenshipCzech
OccupationSinger

Career

Since he did not support the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, he wrote samizdat poems. After the Velvet Revolution, he founded publishing houses. He later founded two non-governmental organisations to help minority groups and others. Beginning in 2000, he organised an annual poetry festival in Brno. He was born in Horní Libina.

Personal life

Frič died of cancer on 24 May 2019 in Brno. He was 69.[1]

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