Rudolf Medek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Medek

Czechoslovak legioneer, poet, general, politic writer and bookwriter

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1890

Place of Birth: Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 22-Aug-1940

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Rudolf Medek (8 January 1890 in Hradec Králové – 22 August 1940) was a Czech poet, army-related prose writer, and a general in the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia.
In 1919 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order by George V which he sent back after the Munich Agreement, as he did with his Légion d'honneur insignia. He was the father of the musician and journalist Ivan Medek, and the painter Mikuláš Medek.