- Jiří Grossmann
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name = Jiří Grossmann
imagesize = 200px
caption = Návštěvní dny
birthdate = birth date|1941|7|20|df=y
location =Prague ,Czechoslovakia
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deathdate = death date and age|1971|12|5|1941|7|20|df=y
deathplace =Prague ,Czechoslovakia
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notable role = Návštěvní dny (theatre series) with
spouse =Jiří Grossmann (
20 July 1941 –5 December 1971 ) was a Czechoslovak theatreactor ,poet , andcomposer .Life
Grossmann was born in
Prague . After his graduation he started at the technical universityČVUT , but left in 1962 when he metMiloslav Šimek in the Olympik bar. Grossmann performed with Dixie Party Band in the Olympik bar, playing on contrabass also. They immediately established a theatre double and started writing poems, short-stories and stageplays. Their first theatre group was calledMlok . [http://www.radio.cz/cz/clanek/5499 Czech Radio Broadcast Article] ] Grossmann and Šimek's most famous project was Navštěvní dny, a theatre-styled show performed in theatreSemafor .Nevyjasněná úmrtí V. 1st Ed. Praha: The World Circle Foundation, 2000 ISBN 80-902731-7-3]The duo was persecuted after the Soviet occupation of
Czechoslovakia in 1968 following thePrague Spring .When Grossmann realized he was dying of
Hodgkin's lymphoma , he wrote one of his most sad lyrics called " [http://zpevnik.100plus.cz/texty/z-texty/zavidim.htm Závidím (I Yellow)] "Nevyjasněná úmrtí V. 1st Ed. Praha: The World Circle Foundation, 2000 ISBN 80-902731-7-3] expressing fairs of life. A few days before Christmas in 1971, Grossmann died in the hospital.
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