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Czech writer and photographer (1949–2024)
František Zvardoň
Zvardoň in 2022
Born(1949-06-20)20 June 1949
Petřvald, Czechoslovakia
Died13 November 2024(2024-11-13) (aged 75)
Ittenheim, France
NationalityCzech
Occupation(s)Writer, photographer

František Zvardoň (20 June 1949 – 13 November 2024) was a Czech writer, photographer and reporter.

Life and career

Born in Petřvald on 20 June 1949, Zvardoň attended photography school in Brno. He began working in Opava and then Ostrava. In 1976, he was awarded a UNESCO prize for photographer in Vancouver. In 1987, he fled Czechoslovakia and landed in France, seeking political asylum. He joined the La Maison des Artistes [fr] in Paris and began reporting in 1989, working in Berlin, Istanbul, and Strasbourg. He was then published numerous magazines and other publications.

In addition to his other activities, Zvardoň also illustrated more than 300 books.

Zvardoň died in Ittenheim on 13 November 2024, at the age of 75.

Awards

Publications

  • On my own (1990)
  • Vache (1992)
  • Les routes du lait (1994)
  • Paysages humains (1996)
  • Bible 2000 (1996)
  • Alsace Dialogue du paysage (2000)
  • Empreinte du temps (2004)
  • L'Alsace de Zvardon (2005)
  • Surma (Éthiopie) (2006)
  • Petra Werlé – Histoires naturelles (2007)
  • Bleu de Terre (2008)
  • Le Bas-Rhin (2008)
  • Strasbourg (2009)
  • Les Alsaciens (2009)
  • La route des vins d'Alsace (2010)
  • Chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (2010)
  • Petra Werlé – De la nature des choses (2010)
  • Au fil du Rhin (2010)
  • Metz (2010)
  • Éthiopie Instants éternels (2011)
  • Au-dessus des châteaux de France (2012)
  • Au-dessus des parcs et jardins de France (2013)
  • Alsace Panorama (2013)
  • L'excellence en Alsace (2014)
  • Aurora Borealis (2015)
  • Secrets de cathédrale (2015)
  • Un port au cœur de la ville (2016)
  • Silences d'Alsace (2017)
  • Lalique, l'art de la main (2018)
  • Wissembourg et ses secrets (2018)
  • Notre-Dame-de-Paris - Au carrefour des Cultures (2018)
  • Hagueneau et ses secrets (2018)
  • Sanctuaire Notre-Dame du Laus (2019)
  • Notre-Dame de Paris l'éternelle (2019)
  • Saverne et ses secrets (2019)
  • Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille (2019)
  • Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (2019)
  • Le champ de feu (2019)
  • Hunspach l'authentique (2020)
  • Secrets de la Légion étrangère (2022)

References

  1. "Frantisek Zvardon". Babelio (in French).
  2. "Frantisek ZVARDON". Éditions du signe (in French). Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
  3. "Frantisek Zvardon". Apollonia (in French).
  4. "František Zvardoň : l'œil du peintre (II)". Radio Prague (in French). 23 August 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. Heidmann, Marie (9 November 2015). "Aurora Borealis, dernier ouvrage du photographe Frantisek Zvardon". France 3 Grand Est (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. "Strasbourg". Furet (in French).
  7. Hartmann, Serge (13 November 2024). "Photographe globe-trotter, Strasbourgeois d'adoption, Frantisek Zvardon s'en est allé". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  8. "Un Prix plus que mérité…". Eurojournalist (in French). 5 February 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  9. "Frantisek Zvardon, grand prix de l'Académie d'Alsace". L'Alsace (in French). Strasbourg. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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