Jakub Deml
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Jakub Deml was a Czech Catholic priest and writer
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, then Austria-Hungary
, now Czech Republic
. In 1902 he was ordained Roman Catholic priest
, but in 1907-1908 and after 1909 he was pensioned, partly due to conflicts with his superiors. He became one of the most important Czech authors of 1920s and 1930s. Publishing of his books was prohibited after the communist coup in 1948. Deml died in Třebíč.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
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Life
Deml was born in Tasov near TřebíčTrebíc
Třebíč is a city in the Moravian part of the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.Třebíč is situated 35 km southeast of Jihlava and 65 km west of Brno on the Jihlava River. Třebíč is from 392 to 503 metres above sea-level....
, then Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
, now Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. In 1902 he was ordained Roman Catholic priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
, but in 1907-1908 and after 1909 he was pensioned, partly due to conflicts with his superiors. He became one of the most important Czech authors of 1920s and 1930s. Publishing of his books was prohibited after the communist coup in 1948. Deml died in Třebíč.
Main works
- Notantur lumina, 1907, 1917 [First Lights]
- Hrad smrti [Castle of Death], 1912
- Moji přátelé [My friends], 1913
- Tanec smrti [Dance of Death], 1914
- Miriam, 1916
- Šlépěje, so-called 'One-Man-Review', Deml's own periodical with essays, poems, diary notes, letters, pamphlets, tractates etc., published between 1917 and 1941 in 26 volumes.
- Zapomenuté světlo [Forgotten Light], published 1934 and confiscated by censors for 'obscenous moments' - Roman JakobsonRoman JakobsonRoman Osipovich Jakobson was a Russian linguist and literary theorist.As a pioneer of the structural analysis of language, which became the dominant trend of twentieth-century linguistics, Jakobson was among the most influential linguists of the century...
considered it the greatest prose work of 1930s. It has not been translated to English yet. It was made into a film by Vladimír MichálekVladimír MichálekVladimír Michálek is a Czech film director and screenwriter.- Life :Michálek graduated from Czech film Academy FAMU, Prague, in 1992. Starting during his academic study he was filming documentaries...
in 1996. - Matylka, 1937
- Podzimní sen [Autumn Dream], written 1951, published in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
1984, first home edition PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
1992
Literature
- Alexander Wöll: Jakub Deml. Leben und Werk (1878-1961). Eine Studie zur mitteleuropäischen Literatur. Köln/Weimar/Wien: Böhlau, 2006 (in German with Czech quotations) ISBN 3-412-30005-5 and ISBN 978-3-412-30005-0
- Vladimír Binar: Čin a slovo -- Kniha o Jakubu Demlovi, Prague, 2010, ISBN 978-80-87256-12-1. Collection of studies about Deml by a Czech literature historian. Includes Deml's complete bibliography.