Jiří Gruša

Jiří Gruša (10 November 1938, in Pardubice – 28 October 2011, in Bad Oeynhausen) was a Czech poet, novelist, translator, diplomat and politician.

Jiří Gruša
Jiří Gruša in 2011
Born(1938-11-10)November 10, 1938
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic)
DiedOctober 28, 2011(2011-10-28) (aged 72)
Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Occupation
  • Poet
  • novelist
  • translator
  • diplomat
  • politician
NationalityCzech
Notable awardsJaroslav Seifert Prize (2002)
ChildrenMartin Gruša
Signature
President of
PEN International
In office
October 2003 – October 2009
Preceded byHomero Aridjis
Succeeded byJohn Ralston Saul
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