Irena Sedlecká (September 7, 1928 in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia – August 4, 2020 in London, United Kingdom) was a Czech sculptor and Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. After training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, she was awarded the Lenin Prize for sculpture before fleeing the communist regime in 1967. She had visited Chile where a sympathetic socialist government led by Salvador Allende was in power.
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7 September 1928 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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Died |
4 August 2020 (aged 91) London, United Kingdom
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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