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Ondřej Sekora (25 September 1899, Brno – 4 July 1967, Prague) was a Czech painter, illustrator, writer, journalist and entomologist. He is known mainly as an author of children books. Sekora was also one of the first propagators of rugby in Czechoslovakia.〔Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1) p66〕〔Richards, Huw ''A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union'' (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-255-5), p 129〕 == Biography == In 1919 he graduated from the gymnasium in Vyškov.〔Menclová (2005), p. 588〕 He then studied at the ''Faculty of Law'' of Masaryk University. From 1921 he worked as a sports editor, illustrator, reporter and commentator for ''Lidové noviny'' newspaper in Brno.〔 In 1923 he married Markéta Kalabusová, but was divorced a year later. From 1929 to 1931 he studied privately as a pupil of Professor Arnošt Hofbauer. In 1927 the editorial office of ''Lidové noviny'' moved to Prague. Sekora married his second wife, Ludmila Roubíčková, in 1931. A year later she bore him a son, who was also named Ondřej. In 1941, during World War II, he was forced to leave his job and expelled from the ''Federation of Czech Journalists''. The reason was his mixed marriage. His second wife, Ludmila, was of Jewish origin, and the whole family was persecuted by Germans as racially mixed. From October 1944 to April 1945 he was imprisoned in the German labor camps in Kleinstein (Poland) and Osterode (Germany).〔 His wife was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. In Osterode, Sekora met and befriended Czech actor Oldřich Nový, with whom he attempted to organize the puppet theatre in the camp. Both Sekora and his wife survived the imprisonment, and he later described his experience in his diary. Following World War II he worked as an editor in the magazines ''Práce'' (''Work'') and ''Dikobraz'' (''Porcupine''). From 1949 he also led one of the sections of the ''Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy'' (SNDK) (''State Publishing House of Children Books'').〔 In his later years Sekora devoted himself solely to painting, writing and illustration.〔 In 1964 he was awarded the ''Meritorious Artist'' title, and in 1966 he received the ''Marie Majerová Prize''. His public activities ceased in 1964, after a heart attack. He died in 1967, and is buried in Prague-Košíře. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. In the post-war years he actively participated in the Czechoslovak communist agitation and propaganda. Sekora trained the first Czech rugby clubs, ''Moravská Slávie'' in Brno-Pisárky and ''AFK Žižka'' Brno among others. He also created the Czech rugby terminology. He co-founded and edited the magazine ''Sport''. The Main-belt asteroid 13406 Sekora, discovered in 1999, is named after him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ondřej Sekora」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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