Dr. Adolf Hoffmeister at Café les Deux Magots, Paris, 1969
Born
(1902-08-15)15 August 1902
Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died
24 July 1973(1973-07-24) (aged 70)
Říčky v Orlických horách, Czechoslovakia
Education
Faculty of Law, Charles University
Alma mater
Charles University
Known for
illustration, caricatures, poetry, journalism, diplomacy, librettist, typographer, chairman of the Union of Czechoslovac Artists (1964–1968)
Movement
Devětsil
Spouse(s)
Marie Prušáková–Honzíková, writer (1926–1930),[1] Lilly Strich, actor (1946–1973)[2]
Children
Martin Hoffmeister, Adam Hoffmeister
Parents
JUDr. Adolf Hoffmeister (1870–1936) (father)
Marie Schnöbling (1881–1967)[3] (mother)
Relatives
Karel Hoffmeister (pianist, uncle), Ferdinand Hoffmeister (philologist, uncle)
Awards
Gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris (1937), Legion of Honour (1946), Order of the Crown of Romania, Order of Polonia Restituta (1947), Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1958), Order of the Republic (Czechoslovakia) (1960), Meritorious Artist (Czechoslovakia) (1962)
Adolf Hoffmeister (15 August 1902 – 24 July 1973) was a Czech writer, publicist, playwright, painter, draughtsman, scenographer, cartoonist, translator, diplomat, lawyer, university professor and traveller. During the war, editor of the radio station Voice of America, after the war ambassador in Paris, since 1951 professor at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague. He was a founding member of Devětsil (1920), chairman of the Union of Czechoslovak Visual Artists (1964–1967, 1968–1969), a member of International Association of Art Critics. Hoffmeister represented Czechoslovakia at UNESCO, the PEN Club and other international organizations. Hoffmeister's career was ended by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 and the subsequent occupation.
^Marie Prušáková, Dictionary of Czech Literature after 1945
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