Jiří Orten

1919–1941 (age 22)

Biography

Jiří Orten, born in 1919, shone as a poet whose lyrical voice captured both youthful longing and the shadows of his era, even as he navigated the acute dangers facing Jewish artists.

His poems were published despite peril, and his premature death in 1941 at the New Jewish Cemetery community stands as a reminder of the fragile courage with which he wrote.

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