Zdeněk Rotrekl

Zdeněk Rotrekl (1 October 1920 – 9 June 2013) was a Czech and Czechoslovak Catholic poet, literary historian and writer.

He was severely persecuted for his work and Roman Catholic beliefs during Czechoslovakia's Communist era from 1948 to 1989, including thirteen years in prison.

[1] The Prague Daily Monitor has called him "one of the most distinguished personalities of the Catholic stream in Czech poetry of the latter half of the 20th century.

[1] His sentence was later commuted to life in prison, ultimately spending thirteen years imprisoned by Czechoslovakia's Communist authorities.

[1] Rotreki was removed from his positions following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia which crushed the Prague Spring.