Jaroslav Erik Frič

Jaroslav Erik Frič (14 August 1949 – 24 May 2019) was a Czech poet, musician and publisher. He also helped organise underground culture festivals. 

 Career 
Since he did not support the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, he wrote samizdat poems. After the Velvet Revolution, he founded publishing houses. He later founded two non-governmental organisations to help minority groups and others. Beginning in 2000, he organised an annual poetry festival in Brno. He was born in Horní Libina.

 Personal life 
Frič died of cancer on 24 May 2019 in Brno. He was 69.

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Category:1949 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Czech musicians
Category:Czech poets
Category:Cancer deaths in the Czech Republic