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Karel Kryl

1944 - 1994

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Karel Kryl (12 April 1944 – 3 March 1994) was a Czechoslovak poet, singer-songwriter and author of many hit protest songs in which he explicitly criticized the Communist (and later also the post-communist) regimes in his home country for their hypocrisy and inhumanity. The lyrics of Kryl's songs are highly poetic and sophisticated, with perfect rhyming and a frequent use of metaphors and historical allusions. The sparse sounds of his guitar served to underscore the natural flow of the lyrics themselves. Kryl has been compared with the young Bob Dylan, because of the complexity of his lyrics, his accompaniment by a single acoustic guitar, and his great popularity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Kryl is the 3,693rd most popular writer (down from 3,180th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among writers, Karel Kryl ranks 3,693 out of 7,302. Before him are Georgi Pulevski, Janet Asimov, Esteban Echeverría, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Shere Hite, and Claude Favre de Vaugelas. After him are Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Ida Vitale, Srečko Kosovel, Jeton Kelmendi, Eva Illouz, and François de La Mothe Le Vayer.

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Among people born in 1944, Karel Kryl ranks 383. Before him are Denny Laine, Catherine Schell, Jon E. Ahlquist, Gladys Knight, Harvey Postlethwaite, and Alain Souchon. After him are Sulochana Gadgil, Neil Young, Raewyn Connell, Alexei Lubimov, Berta Ambrož, and Swoosie Kurtz. Among people deceased in 1994, Karel Kryl ranks 181. Before him are Gary Kildall, Lew Hoad, William Conrad, Patrick O'Neal, Aurora Mardiganian, and Jānis Krūmiņš. After him are Maximilian von Edelsheim, Lilia Skala, Madeleine Renaud, Mercedes Comaposada, Carmen McRae, and Lili Damita.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Kryl ranks 471 out of 1,200. Before him are Ludvík Daněk (1937), Karel Roden (1962), Václav Hanka (1791), Eugen Sänger (1905), Vilém Blodek (1834), and Tomáš Skuhravý (1965). After him are Moritz von Auffenberg (1852), Ralph Benatzky (1884), Herbert Feigl (1902), Arnošt Lustig (1926), Zdeněk Svěrák (1936), and Ernst Tugendhat (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karel Kryl ranks 46. Before him are Viktor Dyk (1877), Karel Píč (1920), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Alois Musil (1868), Vladislav Vančura (1891), and Václav Hanka (1791). After him are Arnošt Lustig (1926), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Jiří Wolker (1900), Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853), Daniela Hodrová (1946), and Bohuslav Balbín (1621).

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