Josef Velek

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Josef Velek, ing. (Master of Art, Technology)(November 30, 1939-April 30, 1990) was a Czechoslovak (Czech) journalist, author and environmentalist.

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[edit] Biography

Velek was born November 30, 1939 in Klínec, Czech Republic.

He began to publish in the sixties, from 1975 member of the editorial staff of the Mladý svět (Young world) weekly. In 1974 co-founded the Brontosaurus environmentalist movement. Considered a founder of the Czechoslovak environment-oriented journalism.

Velek died on April 30, 1990 during scuba diving in the Red Sea.

[edit] Published works

  • Jak jsem bránil přírodu (1980)
  • Od polderů k Ardenám (1985)
  • Příběhy pro dvě nohy (1988)
  • Muž přes plot (1989)

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