Major Czech underground figure Pavel Zajíček dies at 72

The Czech poet, lyricist, musician and artist Pavel Zajíček has died at the age of 72. One of the most important figures in Czechoslovak independent culture in the 1970s, he was perhaps best known for his work as the front man of the group DG 307, which he founded with Milan “Mejla” Hlavsa.

Zajíček was jailed for a year in the 1976 trial of members of the Plastic People of the Universe and associates of the underground band. He was later forced into exile, settling in Sweden before moving to New York.