200 Korun Josef Kainar

Reverse

Face of Josef Kainar with name and date in hair

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1917 2017
JOSEF KAINAR
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Engraver: Vojtĕch Dostál

Edge

Two types of edge exist: milled and plain with engraved lettering

Lettering: ČESKÁ NÁRODNÍ BANKA * Ag 0.925 * 13 g *

Translation: CZECH NATIONAL BANK * Ag 0.925 * 13 g *

Comment

Issue date of coin: 14.6.2017
Issued with the support of the State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic.

Josef Kainar (June 29, 1917 in Přerov, Austria-Hungary – November 16, 1971 in Dobříš, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech poet, lyrics writer, dramatic author and translator, but also a musician, illustrator, artist and journalist. He was a member of artistic group Skupina 42 and literary group Ohnice.
Josef studied Czech and French languages at Charles University in Prague between 1938 and 1939. After the closure of colleges during World War II he undertook several jobs. He worked as a script editor in Divadlo satiry. He also worked as a journalist; his jokes, images and poetry were published in the newspaper Rovnost. After the war he worked in radio, movies and the theater. For example he created a so-called ″rozhlásky″ for the Czechoslovak Radio; this was news for younger listeners. After 1947 he devoted himself fully to literature.
He was also musically talented; he played in concerts on piano, guitar and violin. His style was based above all in jazz and he even mentions it in his poems. His resting place is Vyšehrad cemetery. In 2007 a high school was named in his memory in the town of Hlučín, where he studied.
Initially his work was influenced mainly by existentialism. Irony, even bordering on mockery, is typical to his work. His work being highly lyrical was able to connect with music; it was colloquial, sometimes even vulgar in its opposing conservatism. He aimed at keeping his verse truthful, to depict the harshness of the world and he also went even for scepticism. His poems contain short stories, which impel the reader to reflection.
Beside his literary work he wrote movie scenarios and did photography.
(c): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Kainar, read on 2017 26th nov.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2017 ČM	10200	-	-	-	-	-	-

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