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Karl Faustin Klostermann (February 13, 1848, in Haag am Hausruck

Haag am Hausruck

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, Upper Austria – July 17, 1923, in Štěkeň

Štěkeň

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) was a Czech

Czech language

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 and Austria

Austria

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n writer. He wrote under the alias Faustin.

From 1857 to 1865 he went to school in Písek

Písek

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, a town in the South Bohemian Region

South Bohemian Region

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 of what is now the Czech Republic

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. He studied medicine until 1869 in Vienna

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, and was later active as a teacher of German

German language

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 and French

French language

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 at the German high school in Plzeň. He first wrote his works in German; later he turned to the Czech language and wrote novellas about the inhabitants of the middle Bohemian Forest

Bohemian Forest

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 . This can be found in the collection V srdci šumavských hvozdů ("In the heart of the Šumava"). Some of his novellas are set in and around the town of Kašperské Hory

Kašperské Hory

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Some of his more popular works include "The son of the free judge" and "Fist in stories".