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Oldřich Jelínek was born to Czech parents Oldřich and Jarmila Jelínek in Košice in eastern Slovakia, where they moved for work during the economic crisis. [3] Father (a mechanical engineer) was given a professorship at an industrial school here. The situation in society in the summer of 1938 forced the family (first the mother with the children) to return to Bohemia, to Prague's Podolí. Oldřich Jelínek st. he followed her later, when his further work at the industrial school was dependent on accepting citizenship of the Slovak state. Oldřich Jelínek won a number of awards, including the First Prize for Graphics in Skopje (1968), the Most Beautiful Book of the Year – Prague (1975), Premio Grafico – Bologna (1975, for the illustrations of Jaroslav Pacovský's book Uzduhoplavci, aviatici & piloti ). [28] [29] During the eleventh year of the Muriel Award (in 2017), Oldřich Jelínek was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Czech Comics. [30] In 2020, he received the Golden Ribbon for his lifelong contribution to literature for children and young people.
The whole story can be found on her Wikipedia page.