František Halas was one of the most significant Czech

Czech people

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 lyric poets of the 20th century, an essayist, and a translator

Translation

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Life

Born as the son of textile worker, Halas worked as bookseller. He was self taught, without higher education. After 1921 he started publishing in the communist newspapers Rovnost and Sršatec, and in 1926 he became an editor at the Prague publishing house Orbis. During World War II

World War II

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he was active in the resistance movement, and after 1945 he was engaged at the Ministry of Information.

Work

poetry:

• Sepie (1927)
• Kohout plaší smrt (1930)
• Tvář (1931)
• Hořec (1933)
• Dělnice (1934)
• Staré ženy (1935)
• Dokořán (1936)
• Torzo naděje (1938)
• Naše paní Božena Němcová (1940)
• Ladění (1942)
• Já se tam vrátím (1947)
• V řadě (1948)

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