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Karel Kryl
Sign in to saveCzech singer-songwriter and poet (1944-1994)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Died
- 1994
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Prózy
- Rýmované komentáře
- 17 kryptogramů na dívčí jména
- Krylogie ; Půlkacíř
- Texty písní
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Film & TV
Kroměříž, Czechoslovakia
Known for
- Karel Kryl – kto som? — Self2023
- Bratříček Karel — Self (archive footage)2016
- Karel Kryl: Koncerty 1989/1990 — Self2011
- Kam zmizel ten starý song — Self (archive footage)2004
- Příběhy slavných — Self (archive footage)2000
- Začátek konce — Self (archive footage)1999
- Bratříčku, zavřel jsi vrátka... — Self1994
- Mollové tóny Karla Kryla — self1992
- Maškary1991
- Karel Kryl pro studenty — Self1990
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28,972
- Total plays
- 1,835,027
Tags
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Karel Kryl (April 12, 1944 – March 3, 1994) was a Czechoslovak popular author and interpret of many "protest songs" in which he strongly criticized and identified shortcomings and inhumanity of the communist regime. Born on April 12, 1944 in Kroměříž, today Czech Republic, son of Karel Kryl and Marie Krylová. His father owned printing business, which was confiscated from the family in 1948 upon communist takeover. Karel Kryl moved to Prague in 1968, as an assistant in Czechoslovak TV. <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of birth
- Kroměříž
- Place of death
- Munich
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- culture
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Supraphon
- Official website
- www.karelkryl.cz
- Image
- Karel Kryl v roce 1990.jpg
- Work location
- Ostrava
Show 11 more facts
- place of burial
- Břevnov cemetery
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Commons category
- Karel Kryl
- date of birth
- 1944-04-12
- date of death
- 1994-03-03
- Commons gallery
- Karel Kryl
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- name in native language
- Karel Kryl
- ethnic group
- Czechs
- date of burial or cremation
- 1994-03-11
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