Education
Josef studied Czechoslovakian and French languages at the Charles University in Prague between 1938 and 1939. In 2007 a high school was named in his memory in town Hlučín, where he studied, too.
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Josef studied Czechoslovakian and French languages at the Charles University in Prague between 1938 and 1939. In 2007 a high school was named in his memory in town Hlučín, where he studied, too.
After the closure of colleges he exchanged a couple of employments. The theater scene was close to him – he worked as a script editor in Divadlo satiry. He also worked as a journalist.
His jokes, images and poetry were published in the newspaper Rovnost.
After the World World War II he also cooperated with the radio, movie makers and theater. Foreign example he was creating so called ″rozhlásky″ for the Czechoslovak Radio, which were news for younger listeners in an accessible form.
After 1947 he devoted himself fully to literature. He was also musically talented.
He played concerts on piano, guitar and violin.
His style was based above all in jazz, he even mentions it in his poems. He rests on Vyšehrad cemetery.
He was a member of artistic group Skupina 42 and literary group Ohnice.