Petr Král (September 4, 1941 – June 17, 2020) was a Czech writer. He was born in Prague. From 1990 to 1991 he was a cultural counsellor at the Czech embassy in Paris. He translated from and into French (mainly modern poetry). He edited many anthologies.
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Král died on June 17, 2020 at the age of 78.[1]