What is Jaroslav Erik Frič?
{{Infobox person | name = Jaroslav Erik Frič | image = Jaroslav Erik Frič, club performance 01.jpg | caption = Frič in 2017 | birth_date = 14 August 1949 | death_date = 24 May 2019 | citizenship = [[Czechs|Czech]] | occupation = [[Singer]] }} '''Jaroslav Erik Frič''' (14 August 1949 – 24 May 2019) was a [[Czech people|Czech]] poet, musician and publisher. He also helped organise underground culture festivals. == Career == Since he did not support the [[Soviet]]-led [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|invasion of Czechoslovakia]], he wrote [[samizdat]] poems. After the [[Velvet Revolution]], he founded publishing houses. He later founded two [[non-governmental organisation]]s to help [[minority group]]s and others. Beginning in 2000, he organised an annual poetry festival in [[Brno]]. He was born in [[Libina|Horní Libina]]. == Personal life == Frič died of cancer on 24 May 2019 in Brno. He was 69.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/czech-underground-poet-busker-publisher-jaroslav-erik-fric-dies|title=Czech underground poet, busker, publisher Jaroslav Erik Frič dies|publisher=Radio Prague|author=Kenety, Brian|date=24 May 2019|access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fric, Jaroslav Erik}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Czech musicians]] [[Category:Czech poets]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in the Czech Republic]] {{Bio-stub}}