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3 unusual facts about Eduard Petiška


Eduard Petiška

An unofficial club originated in his apartment in Brandýs during the 1950s - it served as a meeting place for his friends where they could read their writings and discuss innovations in the world of arts.

Eduard Petiška died suddenly (in the manner he had anticipated in his poem "How a Poet Would Like to Die") during his annual stay at the health resort of Mariánské Lázně on 6 June 1987.

Due to the Nazi occupation he was forced to work as a lathe hand in Volmanov's factory in Čelákovice instead of taking up his studies.



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