1. Viktor Dyk was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire.
19 Facts About Viktor Dyk
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Viktor Dyk was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of Czech writers.
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Viktor Dyk died at age 53, leaving his many poems, plays and writings.
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Viktor Dyk's family moved to Prague in 1888 where he began to write.
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Viktor Dyk's family settled in the Prague suburb of Vinohrady in 1904 and that year he published a novel titled The End of Hackenschmid which was anti-Austrian.
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Viktor Dyk had taken part in the Czech Chess Championship the year before and he was to remain interested in the game for at least the next twenty years.
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Viktor Dyk was most active in 1913 and seven of his games between 1903 and 1927 are recorded but, of these, only one is a victory.
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Viktor Dyk completed his education at Charles University in Prague where he achieved a law degree.
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Viktor Dyk stood for office in the 1911 elections, but received just 205 votes in Vinohrady and placed fourth overall of five candidates.
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Viktor Dyk wrote in the magazine Lumir, where he was known to state that Bohemia had to become Czech or they should die in the attempt.
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Viktor Dyk stated that his group had not built the "Great Wall" as they were not opposed per se to German ideas, however they did see the dangers.
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Viktor Dyk saw no problem with communicating with Germans but he warned against "surrender" to ensure that they did not become "Czech speaking Germans".
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Janacek's fifth opera, The Excursions of Mr Broucek to the Moon and to the 15th Century went through a number of librettists and Viktor Dyk worked on Janacek's opera which was based on a story by Svatopluk Cech.
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Viktor Dyk was in jail in 1916 and 1917 for suggesting that Moravia and Bohemia could secede from the empire.
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In May 1917 Viktor Dyk was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of Czech writers.
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Viktor Dyk's writings were designed to inspire nationalism in the fight to reclaim the Kingdom of Bohemia from Austrian rule.
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Viktor Dyk was to lead this magazine for the rest of his life.
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Viktor Dyk died of heart failure on 14 May 1931 while swimming in the sea near the island of Lopud, near Dubrovnik in Croatia.
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Viktor Dyk has a number of monuments including one in Vinohrady, where he lived most of his life.