Jiří Šedý
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Jiří Šedý (born 2 June 1976) is a Czech artist, writer and social activist with Down syndrome.[1][2]
He was born in Hlinsko, Czechoslovakia. Together with his mother, he founded the Association for Helping Disabled Children in Hlinsko.[1] He also gives lectures on alternative art techniques and life of people with mental disabilities.[2]
Recipient of several awards, he himself organized an international literary competition and award in his name, cena Jiřího Šedého "Nejsem na světě sám" (Jiří Šedý's Award "I am Not Alone in the World").[3]
Books
Illustrated by the author.
- Český myšlení / Czech Thinking (2000)
- Trochu něhy / A Little Tenderness (2000) – touching stories about children with various types of disabilities and animals
- Citlivost barevného slunce / The Sensitivity of the Colored Sun (2002) – reflective stories about human qualities
- Dominčiny pohádky / Dominika's Fairy Tales (2002) – fairy tales about nature for niece Dominika
- Babiččiny pohádky / Grandma's Fairy Tales (2005) – fairy tales about flowers
- Hledání / Searching (2006) – reflections on life for writer Květa Legátová
- Duhové pohádky / Rainbow Fairy Tales (2007) – cheerful fairy tales about colors and mushrooms, dedicated to niece Šárka
- Podivuhodná planeta / Wonderful Planet (2009) – travel stories
- Vesmírné příběhy / Space Stories (2013) – science fiction
- Perla podmořského světa / The Pearl of the Underwater World (2016) – stories about the sea
- Nezabít v nás Mozarta / Don't Kill Mozart in Us (2018) – reflective stories, the book won the Government Committee Award in 2018, dedicated to the memory of Olga Havlová
- Záblesk času / A Flash of Time (2019) – autobiographical memories of childhood, a book dedicated to sister Leona
