Ondřej Sekora

Ondřej Sekora (25 September 1899 – 4 July 1967) was a Czech painter, illustrator, writer, journalist and entomologist.From 1921, he worked as a sports editor, illustrator, reporter and commentator for Lidové noviny newspaper in Brno.In 1941, during World War II, he was forced to leave his job and expelled from the Federation of Czech Journalists.In Osterode, Sekora met and befriended Czech actor Oldřich Nový, with whom he attempted to organize the puppet theatre in the camp.From 1949, he also led one of the sections of the Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy (SNDK) (State Publishing House of Children Books).Sekora trained the first Czech rugby clubs, Moravská Slávie in Brno-Pisárky and AFK Žižka Brno among others.
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