Trinkewitz, Karel

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Karel Trinkewitz was a Czech writer, poet, artist and collage designer. He studied at Charles University’s Law Faculty, but was prevented from finishing his studies in 1954 due to political reasons. Afterwards, he made a living as an auxiliary labourer, accountant and advertising designer. In the 1960s, he worked as an editor for Orbis publishers. During this period he also wrote poems and essays and texts on art. His drawings, caricatures and collages were to be found in numerous journals. He was also well known as a political journalist and satirist. He was arrested several times at the start of Normalization and later became one of the first signatories of Charter 77. He was forced to emigrate in 1979 and moved to Hamburg in Germany. He joined the Czech Social Democratic Party in exile and was also involved in this party in the 1990s.

Location

Hamburg, Germany
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Birth place

Mečeříž, Czech Republic

Birth date

1931

Date of death

2014

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References

Štráfeldová, Milena. 2014. "Zemřel výtvarník, novinář a básník Karel Trinkewitz." Last modified March 18. https://www.rozhlas.cz/krajane/clanky/_zprava/zemrel-vytvarnik-novinar-a-basnik-karel-trinkewitz--1328474.

Malý, Zbyšek, and Alena Malá, eds. 2007. Slovník českých a slovenských výtvarných umělců 1950-2007 Sv. 18 Tik–U. Ostrava: Výtvarné centrum Chagall, 149–150.

Blažek, Petr. 2014. "Koláže do vězení: za Karlem Trinkewitzem." Paměť a dějiny : revue pro studium totalitních režimů 8, No. 2: 122-124.

Horová, Anděla, ed. 1995. Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění. Sv. 2 N–Ž. Praha: Academia, 868–869.

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