About Václav Jírů
Lived 1910 – 1980 (aged 69). Václav Jírů was a Czech photographer and journalist.
Václav Jírů (31 July 1910 – 28 June 1980) was a Czech photographer and writer. He is known for his photographs of Prague. In 1957, he founded the quarterly photography magazine Fotografie and served as its editor-in-chief until 1972.
Biography Jírů was born on 31 July 1910 in Doubravany in Austria-Hungary (now part of Košík in the Czech Republic).
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Who was Václav Jírů?
Czech photographer and writer (1910–1980)
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Václav Jírů was born on 31 July 1910 in Austria-Hungary, Košík.
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Václav Jírů died on 28 June 1980 in Prague.
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Václav Jírů was a photographer and journalist.
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Václav Jírů was Czech.
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