Topic: Viktor Dyk

Viktor Dyk , 1877-1931, Czech writer and nationalist. Dyk considered his novels, satires, short stories, plays, and poems as weapons in the struggle to free his country from Austrian rule. A long poem, The Window (1920), describes his experiences in an Austrian prison. As a dramatist he is best known for The Messenger (1907), which concerns the Czech loss of independence, and for the satirical play, Andrew and the Dragon (1920). Author not available, DYK, VIKTOR. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more