Josef Velek jozɛf 'ʋɛlɛk ing. (Master of Arts, Technology) (November 30, 1939 – April 30, 1990) was a Czechoslovak (Czech) journalist, author and environmentalist.

Biography

Velek was born November 30, 1939, in Klínec,

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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

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in the

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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)

Awards

*1990:

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References

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Josef Velek
(in Czech) 1939 births 1990 deaths Czech journalists Underwater diving deaths Non-fiction environmental writers Czechoslovak environmentalists 20th-century journalists {{environmentalist-stub