Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek (; 19 September 1922 – 22 November 2000) was a Czechoslovak long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life. He was nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive". In 1954, Zátopek was the first runner to break the 29-minute barrier in the 10,000 metres. Three years earlier in 1951, he had broken the hour for running 20 km. He
Emil Isac Artur Enăşescu and his colleagues at "Junimea de Nord" magazine in Botoşani). Three years later, Isac's Symbolist colleague Davidescu reviewed his entire work in the critical essay "Poezia d-lui Emil Isac" ("Mr. Emil Isac's Poetry"), contributed for a November 1922 issue of "Flacăra" journal. For part of that decade, Isac was close to Cezar Petrescu's Cluj-based literary review "Gândirea", whose agenda was a distinct mix of traditionalism and modernism, and who later alienated its modernist contributors by switching to fascism. He was also an occasional contributor to Ion Vinea's avant-garde venue, "Contimporanul". In parallel, the poet was pursuing his interest