Ivan Jirko

Ivan Jirka ( October 7, 1926 Prague - August 20, 1978 Dobříš ) was a Czech psychiatrist, associate professor of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague , dramaturge Opera National Theater , composer and critic. His father was the poet Milos Jirko. He studied medicine and psychology at Karls University and at the same time devoted himself to music. He was a pupil of Václav Holzkknecht , Karel Janeček and Pavel Bořkovec . In the years 1951 - 1973 was a psychiatrist at the University Hospital Prague 2.