Jiří Gruša

Jiří Gruša
Jiří Gruša in 2011
Born(1938-11-10)November 10, 1938
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic)
DiedOctober 28, 2011(2011-10-28) (aged 72)
Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Occupation
  • Poet
  • novelist
  • translator
  • diplomat
  • politician
NationalityCzech
Notable awardsJaroslav Seifert Prize (2002)
ChildrenMartin Gruša
Signature
President of
PEN International
In office
October 2003  October 2009
Preceded byHomero Aridjis
Succeeded byJohn Ralston Saul

Jiří Gruša (10 November 1938, in Pardubice – 28 October 2011, in Bad Oeynhausen) was a Czech poet, novelist, translator, diplomat and politician.