BEČKA, Jiří. Prague 16.10.1915 — Prague 21.12.2004. Czech Iranian Scholar. Gymnasium in Prague. From 1936 studied law and Oriental languages (J. Rypka et al.) at Prague, then much belated because of WW II. Dr. juris 1945. Ph.D. 1954. In 1952-76 librarian and research scholar at Institute of Oriental Studies, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, then retired. Visited Tajikistan in 1958 and Afghanistan in 1963.
Publications: Afghánistán. 142 p. Prague 1965.
– A Study in Pashto Stress. 133 p. Prague 1969; Úvod do paštského jazyka. 167 p. Prague 1979.
– Much on Iran and Tajikistan, many translations from Persian and Tajik.
Sources: M. Lorenz, Encyclop. Iranica 2008 (online 2013): Wikipedia (more in*Czech version).
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