Karel Teige, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karel Teige

Czech photographer, literature reviewer, literary theorist, translator, typographer and science writer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1900

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1951

Profession: photographer, writer, architect, translator, journalist, literary critic, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Karel Teige (13 December 1900 – 1 October 1951) was a Czech modernist avant-garde artist, writer, critic and one of the most important figures of the 1920s and 1930s movement.
He was a member of the Devetsil (Butterbur) movement in the 1920s and also worked as an editor and graphic designer for Devetsil's monthly magazine ReD (Revue Devetsilu).
One of his major works on architecture theory is The Minimum Dwelling (1932).