Josef Velek
Encyclopedia
Josef Velek, ing. (November 30, 1939-April 30, 1990) was a Czechoslovak (Czech) journalist, author and environmentalist.
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He began to publish in the sixties, and from 1975 was a member of the editorial staff of the Mladý svět (Young world) weekly. In 1974 he co-founded the Brontosaurus environmentalist movement. He was considered a founder of the Czechoslovak environment-oriented journalism.
Velek died on April 30, 1990 while scuba diving
in the Red Sea
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Biography
Velek was born November 30, 1939 in Klínec, Czech RepublicCzech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
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He began to publish in the sixties, and from 1975 was a member of the editorial staff of the Mladý svět (Young world) weekly. In 1974 he co-founded the Brontosaurus environmentalist movement. He was considered a founder of the Czechoslovak environment-oriented journalism.
Velek died on April 30, 1990 while scuba diving
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
in the Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
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Published works
- Jak jsem bránil přírodu (1980)
- Od polderů k Ardenám (1985)
- Příběhy pro dvě nohy (1988)
- Muž přes plot (1989)
External links
- Josef Velek (in Czech)