List of Czech writers
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- Daniel Adam z VeleslavínaDaniel Adam z VeleslavínaDaniel Adam z Veleslavína, literally translated Daniel Adam of Veleslavín, , was a Czech lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer....
(1546–1599), lexicographerLexicographyLexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....
, publisher, translator, and writer - Michal AjvazMichal AjvazMichal Ajvaz is a Czech novelist, poet and translator, an exponent of the literary style known as magic realism.- Biography :...
(born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realistMagic realismMagic realism or magical realism is an aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements blend with the real world. The story explains these magical elements as real occurrences, presented in a straightforward manner that places the "real" and the "fantastic" in the same stream of... - Karel Slavoj AmerlingKarel Slavoj AmerlingKarel Slavoj Amerling was a Czech teacher, writer, and philosopher....
, also known as Karl Slavomil Amerling or Slavoj Strnad Klatovský (1807–1884), teacher, writer, and philosopher - Hana AndronikovaHana AndronikovaHana Andronikova is a Czech writer.After attending high school in Zlín, she studied English and Czech at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy of Charles University in Prague.-References:* -See also:* List of Czech writers...
(born 1967), writer - Jakub ArbesJakub ArbesJakub Arbes was an influential Czech revolutionary, intellectual and writer. He was a sympathizer of the Májovci literary group and creator of the literary genre called romanetto.- Life and Politics :...
(1840–1914), writer and journalist, realistRealism (arts)Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation... - Ludvík AškenazyLudvík AškenazyLudvík Aškenazy was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born into a Jewish family in Sachsenberg, part of Český Těšín.He studied Slavonic philology in Lviv, which then was a part of Poland....
(1921–1986), writer and journalist - Josef AugustaJosef AugustaJosef Augusta was a Czechoslovak paleontologist, geologist, and science popularizer.During 1921 to 1925 Augusta studied at the university in Brno...
(1903–1968), paleontologistPaleontologyPaleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
, geologistGeologyGeology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
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- Jindřich Šimon BaarJindrich Šimon BaarJindřich Šimon Baar was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose. He joined the Czech Catholic modern style, but later severed the ties with that movement...
(1869–1925), Catholic priest and writer, realistRealism (arts)Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...
, author of the so-called country prose - Bohuslav BalbínBohuslav BalbínBohuslav Balbín was a Czech writer and Jesuit, the "Bohemian Pliny," whose Vita beatae Joannis Nepomuceni martyris was published in Prague, 1670,...
(1621–1688), writer and JesuitSociety of JesusThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a... - Josef BarákJosef BarákJosef Barák was a Czech politician, journalist, and poet. He was a member of the Májovci literary group.-See also:* List of Czech writers...
(1833–1883), politician, journalist, and poet, member of the MájovciMájovciThe Májovci were a significant group of Czech novelists and poets of the second half of the 19th century, who were inspired by the work of Karel Hynek Mácha, Karel Havlíček Borovský and Karel Jaromír Erben....
literary group - Eduard BassEduard BassEduard Bass, born Eduard Schmidt, was a Czech prose writer, journalist, singer, and actor.From 1910 he worked as a singer, journalist and cabaret director...
(1888–1946), writer, journalist, singer, and actor - Jan František BeckovskýJan František BeckovskýJan František Beckovský , was a Czech historian, writer, translator, and priest.- Life :Beckovsky was born and studied in Havlíčkův Brod, Brno, Vienna and Prague. In 1685 he entered the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star religious order, in 1688 he was ordained as a priest...
(1658–1725), writer, historian, translator, and priest - Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (1555–1615), mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and philologistPhilologyPhilology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
of SlovakSlovaksThe Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
origin, author of a CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
grammar - Jan BenešJan BenešJan Beneš was a Czech writer, translator, publicist and screenwriter. He was also using pseudonyms Milan Štěpka, Bobisud Mihule, Mojmír Čada, Ing. Čada, JAB, JeBe, Světlana and others. He is an author of many novels and several historical books. He was a political prisoner of Czechoslovak...
(1936–2007) Czech writer and political prisonerPolitical prisonerAccording to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, a political prisoner is ‘someone who is in prison because they have opposed or criticized the government of their own country’.... - Petr BezručPetr BezrucPetr Bezruč was the pseudonym of Vladimír Vašek , a Czech poet and short story writer who was associated with the region of Austrian Silesia.Bezruč was born in Opava and died in Olomouc.- Works :Poetry...
(1867–1958), poet and writer - Konstantin BieblKonstantin BieblKonstantin Biebl was a Czech poet.-Biography:Konstantin Biebl was born in Slavětín near Louny, Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary. His father was a dentist in Louny, apt to write poetry and paint. He committed suicide in 1916 when he served as a surgeon in Galicia.. Arnošt Ráž, a brother of...
(1898–1951), poet - Jan BlahoslavJan BlahoslavJan Blahoslav was a Czech humanistic writer, poet, translator, etymologist, hymnographer, grammarian, music theorist and composer. He was a Unity of the Brethren bishop, and translated the New Testament into Czech in 1564...
(1523–1571), humanisticHumanismHumanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....
writer and composer - Ivan BlatnýIvan BlatnýIvan Blatný was a Czech poet, member of Skupina 42 .-Life:...
(1919–1990), poet, member of Skupina 42 (Group 42) - Egon BondyEgon BondyEgon Bondy, born Zbyněk Fišer, was a Czech philosopher, writer, and poet, one of the main personalities of the Prague underground.In the late 1940s, Bondy was active in a surrealistic group...
(1930–2007), philosopher, writer, and poet, the main personality of the Prague underground - Arthur BreiskyArthur BreiskyArthur Breisky was a Czech writer of Decadence.He was a novelist, a translator, literary editor, and a playwright; wrote a number of reviews on modern literature and art...
(1885–1910), writer, translator, playwright - Bedřich BridelBedrich BridelBedřich Bridel, or Fridrich Bridelius was a Czech baroque writer, poet, and missionary.- Biography :He studied at the Jesuit gymnasium in Prague. In 1637 he entered the Jesuit order, he was ordained as a priest around 1650. From 1656 to 1660 he led the printing office of the Jesuits in the Prague...
(1619–1680), baroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
writer, poet, and missionary - Max BrodMax BrodMax Brod was a German-speaking Czech Jewish, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is most famous as the friend and biographer of Franz Kafka...
(1884–1968), Jewish German-speaking author, composer, and journalist - Otokar BřezinaOtokar BrezinaOtakar or Otakar Březina ; pen name of Václav Jebavý.; was a Czech poet and essayist, considered the greatest of Czech Symbolists.-Biography :...
(1868–1929), Symbolist poet and essayist
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- Josef ČapekJosef CapekJosef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word robot, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.- Biography :...
(1887–1945) - Karel ČapekKarel CapekKarel Čapek was Czech writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Born in 1890 in the Bohemian mountain village of Malé Svatoňovice to an overbearing, emotional mother and a distant yet adored father, Čapek was the youngest of three siblings...
(1890–1938) - Karel Matěj Čapek-ChodKarel Matej Capek-ChodKarel Matěj Čapek-Chod was a Czech naturalistic writer and a journalist.- Biography :In 1879 he graduated at the gymnasium in Domažlice...
(1860–1927) - Svatopluk ČechSvatopluk CechSvatopluk Čech was a Czech writer, journalist and poet.Čech studied at gymnasium in Prague, then studied law, and later worked in the journals Květy, Lumír and Světozor.His first poem, Husita na Baltu, was published in the almanac Ruch in 1868...
(1846–1908) - František ČelakovskýFrantišek CelakovskýFrantišek Ladislav Čelakovský, also known by the pseudonym Marcian Hromotluk, was a Czech writer and translator.-Life:...
(1799–1852), poet and translator - Petr ChelčickýPetr ChelcickýPetr Chelčický was a Christian and political leader and author in 15th century Bohemia .-Chelčický's background:...
(c. 1390 – c. 1460) - Václav CílekVáclav CílekVáclav Cílek is Czech geologist, climatologist, writer, philosopher, science popularizer and translator of Tao and Zen texts.- Biography :...
(born 1955), geologist and science popularizer
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- Jakub DemlJakub DemlJakub Deml was a Czech Catholic priest and writer.-Life:Deml was born in Tasov near Třebíč, 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...
(1878–1961) - Dominika DeryDominika DeryDominika Dery , also known as Dominika Furmanová, is aCzech journalist and writer, having published works of poetry, drama, and a memoir...
(born 1975), poet, playwright, jouralist, and memoirist, former balletBalletBallet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
dancer - Ivan DivišIvan DivišIvan Diviš was a significant Czech poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century.- Biography :...
(1924–1999), significant poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century - Gelasius Dobner (1719–1790), historian
- Josef DobrovskýJosef DobrovskýJosef Dobrovský was a Bohemian philologist and historian, one of the most important figures of the Czech national revival.- Life & Work :...
(1753–1829), linguistLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, lexicographerLexicographyLexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....
, and literary historianHistory of literatureThe history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry which attempts to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/hearer/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces. Not all... - Jan DrdaJan DrdaJan Drda was a Czech prose writer and playwright.He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia since 1945...
(1915–1970) - Jaroslav DurychJaroslav DurychJaroslav Durych was a Czech prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist, and military surgeon.Durych was born in Hradec Králové...
(1886–1962) - Viktor DykViktor DykViktor Dyk was a well-known Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer....
(1877–1931)
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- Smil Flaška z Pardubic († 1403)
- Jaroslav FoglarJaroslav FoglarJaroslav Foglar was a famous Czech author who wrote many novels about youths and their adventures in nature and dark city streets.-Early life:...
(1907–1999) - Marie Formáčková (born 1952)
- Jaroslav Erik FričJaroslav Erik FricJaroslav Erik Frič is a Moravian poet, musician, publisher and organizer of underground culture festivals....
(born 1949) - Zdena Frýbová (1934–2010)
- Norbert FrýdNorbert FrýdNorbert Frýd was a Czech writer, journalist and diplomat. He is known mainly for his autobiographical novel Krabice živých , in which he describes his experiences in Nazi concentration camps...
(1913–1976) - Julius FučíkJulius Fucíkthumb|Julius FucikJulius Fučík was a Czechoslovak journalist, an active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia , and part of the forefront of the anti-Nazi resistance. He was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the Nazis.- Early life :Julius Fučík was born into a working-class family in...
(1903–1943) - Ladislav FuksLadislav FuksLadislav Fuks was a Czech novelist. He focused mainly on psychological novels, portraying the despair and suffering of people under German occupation of Czechoslovakia....
(1923–1994)
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- František GellnerFrantišek GellnerFrantišek Gellner was a Czech poet, short story writer, artist and anarchist.-Biography:František Gellner was born to a poor Jewish family in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia. His father was a seller and a keen socialist...
(1881–1914) - Jarmila Glazarová (1901–1977)
- Jiří GrušaJirí GrušaJiří Gruša was a Czech poet, novelist, translator, diplomat and politician.-Biography:...
(born 1938), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, and politician
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- Václav Hájek z Libočan († 1553)
- František HalasFrantišek HalasFrantišek Halas was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century, an essayist, and a translator.- Life :...
(1901–1949) - Vítězslav HálekVítezslav HálekVítězslav Hálek was a Czech poet, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the May school, besides Jan Neruda and Karolína Světlá.- Life :...
(1835–1874) - Jaroslav HašekJaroslav HašekJaroslav Hašek was a Czech humorist, satirist, writer and socialist anarchist best known for his novel The Good Soldier Švejk, an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I and a satire on the ineptitude of authority figures, which has been translated into sixty...
(1883–1923) - Václav HavelVáclav HavelVáclav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
(born 1936) - Karel Havlíček BorovskýKarel Havlícek BorovskýKarel Havlíček Borovský was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher. He lived and studied at the Gymnasium in Německý Brod , and his house on the main square is today the Havlíček Museum...
(1821–1856) - Iva HercíkováIva Hercíková-Carrier:Iva Hercíková, née Vodňanská, graduated from grammar school in Liberec. In 1954 she studied dramaturgy and theatre sciences at DAMU, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, graduating in 1958. She married her second husband, Jiří Robert Pick, in 1961....
(1935–2007) - Ignát HerrmannIgnát HerrmannIgnát Herrmann was a Czech novelist, satirist and editor. He sometimes used the pseudonym Vojta Machatý, Švanda....
(1854–1935) - Adolf HeydukAdolf HeydukAdolf Heyduk was a distinguished Czech poet and writer. Many of his poems were later adapted by Antonín Dvořák.-Life:...
(1835–1923) - Jaroslav HilbertJaroslav HilbertJaroslav Hilbert was a Czech dramatist and writer. His most famous works include Guilt the Pariahs , Falkenstein and Nest in the storm .-External links:*...
(1871–1936) - Josef HiršalJosef HiršalJosef Hiršal was a Czech author, poet and novelist.Hiršal was widely regarded as one of the most important Czech authors of experimental poetry; after early surrealistic writings, he made his literary debut with a collection of poems...
(1920–2003), translator and poet - Karel HlaváčekKarel HlavácekKarel Hlaváček was a Czech Symbolist and Decadent poet and artist.He published his poetic works and art criticisms in the journal Moderní revue . He was also active as an artist, creating works that suggest his anxieties about sex, such as Exile...
(1874–1898) - Vladimír HolanVladimír HolanVladimír Holan was a Czech poet famous for employing obscure language, dark topics and pessimist views in his poems. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in the late 1960s. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia....
(1905–1980) - Josef HolečekJosef Holecek (writer)Josef Holeček was a Czech writer of the realism and ruralism movements who wrote about his native South Bohemian Region, a journalist and translator....
(1853–1929), South BohemianSouth Bohemian RegionSouth Bohemian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia...
writer, realistRealism (arts)Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...
, author of the so-called country prose, and translator (KalevalaKalevalaThe Kalevala is a 19th century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology.It is regarded as the national epic of Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature...
) - Josef HoraJosef HoraJosef Hora was a Czech poet.-Early life:Josef Hora was born in Dobříň, Litoměřice District, Bohemia in a farmstead, which now houses the Museum of Josef Hora. His father soon sold the house in the village and the family moved to Prague...
(1891–1945) - Egon HostovskýEgon HostovskýEgon Hostovský , was a Czech writer. He was related to the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. Hostovský described Zweig as "a very distant relative"; some sources describe them as cousins....
(1908–1973) - Bohumil HrabalBohumil HrabalBohumil Hrabal was a Czech writer, regarded as one of the best writers of the 20th century.- Life and work :...
(1914–1997) - Petra HůlováPetra HulováPetra Hůlová is a Czech writer.-Education:Hůlová holds a degree in culturology from Charles University in Prague...
(born 1979), novelist, playwright, journalist - Jan HusJan HusJan Hus , often referred to in English as John Hus or John Huss, was a Czech priest, philosopher, reformer, and master at Charles University in Prague...
(c. 1369/1370–1415)
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- Milena JesenskáMilena JesenskáMilena Jesenská was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator, who refused to abandon her Jewish friends and was deported to and died alongside them in Ravensbrück concentration camp....
(1896–1944), journalist, writer, and translator - Alois JirásekAlois JirásekAlois Jirásek was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a secondary-school teacher until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice...
(1851–1930) - Ivan Martin JirousIvan Martin JirousIvan Martin Jirous was a Czech poet, best known for being the artistic director of the Czech psychedelic rock group The Plastic People of the Universe and later one of the organizers of the Czech underground during the communist regime...
(1944–2011) - Josef JungmannJosef JungmannJosef Jungmann was a Bohemian poet and linguist, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival. Together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the modern Czech language.-Life:Jungmann was the sixth child of a cobbler. In his youth, he wanted to become a priest...
(1773–1847), lexicographerLexicographyLexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....
, linguistLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
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- Franz KafkaFranz KafkaFranz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
(1883–1924) - Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951)
- Václav Kliment KlicperaVáclav Kliment KlicperaVáclav Kliment Klicpera was a Czech playwright, author, and poet. He was one of the first presenters of Czech drama, and was especially influential in the foundation of comedic Czech theater....
(1792–1859), playwright - Václav František KocmánekVáclav František KocmánekVáclav František Kocmánek was a Baroque Czech poet, author, and historian of great synthesis.After the White Mountain , converted to Catholicism. Prakticky celý život působil jako učitel v Praze . Practically all his life he worked as a teacher in Prague .-External links:*...
(1607–1679) - Jiří Klobouk born 1933
- Pavel KohoutPavel KohoutPavel Kohout is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, a Prague Spring exponent and dissident in 1970s until he was expelled to Austria...
(born 1928) - Kolda z Koldic (1265–1323)
- Ján KollárJán KollárJán Kollár was a Slovak writer , archaeologist, scientist, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism.- Life :...
(1793–1852), SlovakSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
poet - Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670)
- Viktorin Kornel ze Všehrd (1460–1520), translator and lawyer
- Vladimír KörnerVladimír KörnerVladimír Körner is a Czech novelist and screenwriter. His novels were also used as screenplay for about 20 films.- External links :...
(born 1939), novelist - KosmasCosmas of PragueCosmas of Prague was a Bohemian priest, writer and historian born in a noble family in Bohemia. Between 1075 and 1081, he studied in Liège. After his return to Bohemia, he became a priest and married Božetěcha, with whom he probably had a son. In 1086 Cosmas was appointed prebendary of Prague, a...
(c. 1045–1125) - Petr KrálPetr KrálPetr Král is a Czech writer. Having graduated from FAMU, he worked as an editor in the Orbis publishing house, where he focused on a line of books about film and film-makers. In 1968, he emigrated to France where he worked in a gallery, a photo shop, as a teacher, interpreter, translator,...
(born 1941) - Eliška KrásnohorskáEliška KrásnohorskáEliška Krásnohorská was a Czech feminist author. She was introduced to literature and feminism by Karolína Světlá...
(1847–1926) - Milan KunderaMilan KunderaMilan Kundera , born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981. He is best known as the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, and The Joke. Kundera has written in...
(born 1929) - Jaroslav Kuťák (born 1956)
- Pavel Kyrmezer (c. 1550–1589), SlovakSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
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- Květa Legátová (born 1919)
- Věra Linhartová (born 1938)
- Arnošt LustigArnošt LustigArnošt Lustig was a renowned Czech Jewish author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays whose works have often involved the Holocaust.Lustig was born in Prague...
(born 1926) - Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989)
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- Karel Hynek MáchaKarel Hynek MáchaKarel Hynek Mácha was a Czech romantic poet.- Biography :Mácha grew up in Prague, the son of a foreman at a mill. He learned Latin and German in school...
(1810–1836) - Josef Svatopluk MacharJosef Svatopluk MacharJosef Svatopluk Machar was a Czech poet and essayist. A a leader of the realist movement in Czech poetry and a master of colloquial Czech, Machar was active in anti-Austrian political circles in Vienna. Many of his poems were satires of political and social conditions...
(1864–1942) - Jiří MahenJirí MahenJiří Mahen was a Czech novelist, playwright and essayist.- Life :He was born Antonín Vančura, in Čáslav, to an old noble family of the Moravian Brethren faith. In his grammar-school years he became an anarchist. He later studied linguistics of the Czech and German languages at Prague University...
(1882–1939) - Marie Majerová (1882–1967)
- Radek Malý (born 1977), poet and translator
- Jiří MarekJiří MarekJiří Marek was a Czech writer, educator, journalist and screenwriter.-References:...
(1914-1994), writer, journalist, screenwriter - Rudolf MedekRudolf MedekRudolf Medek was a Czech poet, army-related prose writer, and a general in the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia...
(1890–1940) - Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (1600–1676), composer and organ player
- Daniel MickaDaniel MickaDaniel Micka is a Czech writer and translator from English.His stories have been published in a range of Czech literary periodicals. The Petrov publishing house has published two collections of his stories, and his next collection was produced by dybbuk publishers...
(born 1963), writer and translator from English - Jiří MuchaJirí MuchaJiří Mucha was a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter, author of autobiographical novels and studies of the works of his father, the Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha.- Life :...
(1915–1991)
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- Ondřej NeffOndrej NeffOndřej Neff is a Czech science fiction writer and journalist. He is the founder of , one of the earliest and most popular Czech daily news/comments websites, and , a website about digital photography for amateurs.His father Vladimír Neff was a popular writer, author of many historical...
(born 1945) - Vladimír NeffVladimír NeffVladimír Neff was a popular Czech writer and translator. He wrote numerous historical novels, political satires and parodies on criminal stories and adventure tales....
(1909–1983) - Božena NěmcováBožena NemcováBožena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...
(1820–1862) - Jan NerudaJan NerudaJan Nepomuk Neruda was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".-Early life:...
(1834–1891) - Josef NesvadbaJosef NesvadbaJosef Nesvadba was a Czech writer, best known in the English-speaking world for his science fiction short stories, many of which have appeared in English translation.-Biography:...
(1926–2005) - Stanislav Kostka Neumann (1875–1947)
- Vítězslav NezvalVítezslav NezvalVítězslav Nezval was one of the most prolific avant-garde Czech writers in the first half of the twentieth century and a co-founder of the Surrealist movement in Czechoslovakia....
(1900–1958) - Arne NovákArne NovákArne Novák, born as Arnošt Novák, was a Czech literary historian and critic, specialist in German and Czech studies.-Life:He was born as a son of the high school teacher Dr...
(1880–1939) - Teréza Nováková (1853–1912)
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- František PalackýFrantišek PalackýFrantišek Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...
(1798–1876), historian - Ota PavelOta PavelOta Pavel was a Czech writer, journalist and sport reporter...
(1930–1973) - František Martin Pelcl (1734–1801), historian and the 1st professor of the Czech languageCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
at the 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...
university - Alexej PludekAlexej PludekAlexej Pludek was a Czech writer. He was born in Prostějov on the 29th January 1923. In 1950 his play "Případ Modrá Voda" was shown on stage of "stage D50".-Bibliography:...
(1923–2002) - Karel PoláčekKarel PolácekKarel Poláček was a Czechoslovak writer, humorist and journalist of Jewish descent.-Life:He was born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou into a family of a Jewish trader. He started to attend secondary school there, but due to his bad results he transferred to a secondary school in Prague, from which he...
(1892–1945) - Karel Ptáčník (1921–2002)
- Antonín Jaroslav Puchmajer (1769–1820)
- Marie Pujmanová (1893–1958)
- Přibík Pulkava z Radenína († 1380)
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- Karel Václav RaisKarel Václav RaisKarel Václav Rais was a Czech realist novelist, author of the so-called country prose, numerous books for youth and children, and several poems.- Biography :...
(1859–1926), realistRealism (arts)Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...
novelist, author of the so-called country prose, numerous books for youth and children, and several poems - Jaroslav RudišJaroslav RudišJaroslav Rudiš is a Czech writer, journalist and musician.Rudiš became known after publishing his first novel Nebe pod Berlínem in 2002, the tale of a Czech teacher who chooses to leave his job and to start a new life in Berlin, where he plays music in the underground, which - and especially the...
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- Petr ŠabachPetr Šabach-Works:* Jak potopit Austrálii * Hovno hoří * Zvláštní problém Františka S. * Putování mořského koně * Babičky * Opilé banány * Čtyři muži na vodě * Ramon...
(born 1951) - Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), SlovakSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
Slavicist, literary historianHistory of literatureThe history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry which attempts to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/hearer/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces. Not all...
, and poet - František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937)
- Michal ŠandaMichal ŠandaMichal Šanda is Czech writer and poet.- Life :After secondary school, he made his living in a series of jobs that included stonemasonry, bookselling, street vending, fowling and organ-grinding, as well as making fans on an ostrich farm and painting railway cars...
(born 1965) - Prokop František ŠedivýProkop František ŠedivýProkop František Šedivý was a significant Czech playwright, actor, and translator of the National Revival era. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern Czech theater and he was involved in founding the first entirely Czech-language theater Bouda.- Biography :Generally, there is not...
(1764 – c. 1810), playwright, actor, and translator of the National RevivalCzech National RevivalCzech National Revival was a cultural movement, which took part in the Czech lands during the 18th and 19th century. The purpose of this movement was to revive Czech language, culture and national identity...
era - Jaroslav SeifertJaroslav SeifertJaroslav Seifert was a Nobel Prize winning Czech writer, poet and journalist.Born in Žižkov, a suburb of Prague in what was then part of Austria-Hungary, his first collection of poems was published in 1921...
(1901–1986) - Ondřej SekoraOndřej SekoraOndřej Sekora was a Czech painter, illustrator, writer, journalist and entomologist. He is known mainly as an author of children books. Sekora was also one of the first propagators of rugby in Czechoslovakia....
(1899–1967), writer, journalist, cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, graphic - Karol SidonKarol SidonRabbi Karol Efraim Sidon is a Czech Rabbi, writer and playwright. He is the current chief rabbi of the city of Prague and of the Czech Republic.-Life:...
(born 1942) - Jan SkácelJan SkácelJan Skácel was a Czech poet of Moravian origin, widely acclaimed as one of the best poets who had been writing in Czech....
(1922–1989) - Josef ŠkvoreckýJosef ŠkvoreckýJosef Škvorecký, CM is a leading contemporary Czech writer and publisher who has spent much of his life in Canada. He and his wife were long-time supporters of Czech dissident writers before the fall of communism in that country...
(born 1924) - Ladislav SmočekLadislav SmocekLadislav Smoček is a Czech playwright and theater director.After studying at a secondary school in Plzeň he graduated from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1956. In 1965 he co-founded The Drama Club , where he remains employed till the present...
(born 1932), playwright and theater director - Antonín SovaAntonín SovaAntonín Sova was a Czech poet. He was one of the foremost representatives of the literary Impressionism and Symbolism in Czech literature.-External links:*...
(1864–1928), ImpressionistImpressionismImpressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
and SymbolistSymbolism (arts)Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire...
poet - Fráňa ŠrámekFrána ŠrámekFráňa Šrámek was a Czech anarchist, impressionist, and vitalist poet, novelist, and playwright....
(1877–1952), anarchistAnarchismAnarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
, impressionistImpressionismImpressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
, and vitalistVitalismVitalism, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is#a doctrine that the functions of a living organism are due to a vital principle distinct from biochemical reactions...
, poet, novelist, and dramatist - Pavel ŠrutPavel ŠrutPavel Šrut is a Czech poet and writer.-Career:After graduating in 1967 from the Charles University in Prague where he studied English and Spanish, Šrut worked as an editor in a publishing house. Since 1972, he is a freelance writer and translator...
(born 1940) - Petr StančíkPetr StančíkPetr Stančík is a Czech author, poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist and advertising copywriter.- Life :The author’s parents are teachers. Petr Stančík graduated from secondary school in Hradec Králové in 1985. Until 1989 he performed many manual jobs. From 1989 to 1991 he studied directing at the...
(born 1968) - Antal StašekAntal StašekAntal Stašek , was a Czech writer and lawyer. He was born in the village of Stanový in the Liberec district of northern Bohemia. From 1877, Stašek was a successful barrister in Semily. His work is mainly set in the area around the Krkonoše mountains that straddle the today's border between the...
(1843–1931) - Jan Nepomuk ŠtěpánekJan Nepomuk ŠtěpánekJan Nepomuk Štěpánek was a Czech playwright, director, actor and theatre manager.- Early life :Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek was born in Chrudim to a soapmaker's family. He studied at Litomyšl gymnasium and then philosophy and theology at Charles University in Prague. In 1800 he entered the Austrian army...
(1783–1844), playwright - Tomáš Štítný ze ŠtítnéhoTomáš Štítný ze ŠtítnéhoTomáš Štítný ze Štítného was a Czech nobleman, writer, theologian, translator, and preacher. He died in Prague.-links:* from 1852, some of his manuscripts....
(c. 1333–1401/1409) - Eduard ŠtorchEduard ŠtorchEduard Štorch was a Czech pedagogue, archaeologist and writer, known for novels set in prehistoric Bohemia during Stone and Bronze Age....
(1878–1956) - Ladislav StroupežnickýLadislav StroupežnickýLadislav Stroupežnický was a renowned Czech author, playwright, and dramatist, best known for the frequently staged play Naši furianti.-Life:...
(1850–1892) - Karolína SvětláKarolína SvetláKarolina Světlá was a Czech female author of the 19th century. She was a representative to the literary May School. She married Professor Petr Mužák in 1852, who had taught her music. She also had an affair with Jan Neruda. She introduced Eliška Krásnohorská to literature and feminism...
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- Karel TeigeKarel TeigeKarel Teige was the major figure of the Czech avant-garde movement Devětsil in the 1920s, a graphic artist, photographer, and typographer...
(1900–1951), art criticArt criticismArt criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art.Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty...
, journalist, and translator - Karel Ignác Thám (1763–1816), writer and translator
- Václav Thám (1765 – c. 1816), actor and writer
- Josef Toman (1899–1977)
- Karel TomanKarel TomanKarel Toman was a Czech poet, remembered for his epic love poems and Romantic inspirations.-External links:*...
(1877–1946) - Jáchym TopolJáchym TopolJáchym Topol is a Czech writer.- Life :Jáchym Topol was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to Josef Topol, Czech playwright, poet, and translator of Shakespeare, and Jiřina Topolová, daughter of the famous Czech Catholic writer Karel Schulz.Topol's writing began with lyrics for the rock band Psí...
(born 1962) - Václav Beneš TřebízskýVáclav Beneš TrebízskýVáclav Beneš Třebízský was a popular Czech novelist. He is the author of numerous historical novels and children's stories. His most novel novel is arguably In the Early Evening of the Five-petaled Roses ....
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- Josef VáchalJosef VáchalJosef Váchal was a Czech writer, painter, graphic designer and book-printer.Váchal was the illegitimate son of Josef Aleš-Lyžec and Anna Váchalová - his parents never married...
(1884–1969) - Ludvík VaculíkLudvík VaculíkLudvík Vaculík is a Czech writer and journalist. A prominent samizdat writer, he is most famous as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968.-Pre-1968:...
(born 1926) - Edvard ValentaEdvard ValentaEdvard Valenta was a Czech journalist and writer.Valenta was born into a family of a medical doctor. After secondary school he started to study at a technical university but left soon for the work of journalist...
(1901–1978) - Vladislav VančuraVladislav VancuraVladislav Vančura was one of the most important Bohemian writers of the 20th century...
(1891–1942) - Karel Vaněk (1887–1933)
- Vavřinec z Březové (c. 1370 – c. 1437)
- Jaroslav VelinskýJaroslav VelinskýJaroslav Velinský was born 1932 in Prague. He was miner, metal-smith, graphic artist, science fiction and detective writer, publisher, musician . One of the founders of the Czech folk festival Porta. Honorary member of Czech-ertar society . In the folk arena and among SF friends and fans known as...
(born 1932) - Michal VieweghMichal VieweghMichal Viewegh is one of the most popular contemporary Czech writers and the bestselling one. He writes about romantic relationships of his contemporaries with humour, and variously successful irony and attempts at deeper meaningfulness; he is sometimes compared to Nick Hornby by his fans.His...
(born 1962) - Jiří VoskovecJirí VoskovecJiří Voskovec was a Czech-American actor, playwright, dramatist, director, translator, and poet...
(1905–1981) - Jaroslav VrchlickýJaroslav VrchlickýJaroslav Vrchlický was one of the greatest Czech lyrical poets. He was born Emil Frida, Vrchlický being a pseudonym.He also wrote epic poetry, plays, prose and literary essays and translated widely from various languages, introducing e.g. Dante, Goethe, Shelley, Baudelaire, Poe, and Whitman to...
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- Jiří WeilJirí WeilJiří Weil was a Czech writer. He was Jewish. His noted works include the two novels Life with a Star , and Mendelssohn Is on the Roof , as well as many short stories, and other novels....
(1900–1959) - Richard WeinerRichard WeinerRichard Weiner is an American author, lecturer, lexicographer, and public relations consultant.-Life and work:Weiner was born in New York City on May 10, 1927. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. A science writer and broadcaster, he produced the first radio...
(1884–1937) - Jan WeissJan WeissJan Weiss was a major Czech writer, most famous for his surreal book Dům o Tisíci Patrech .- Birth and early life :...
(1892–1972) - Jiří Weiss (1913–2004)
- Franz WerfelFranz WerfelFranz Werfel was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet.- Biography :Born in Prague , Werfel was the first of three children of a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods. His mother, Albine Kussi, was the daughter of a mill owner...
(1890–1945) - Ivan WernischIvan WernischIvan Wernisch is a Czech poet, editor and a collage artist. He studied Ceramics Secondary school in Carlsbad and has since done many jobs, mostly manual. In 1961, after publishing his debut poetry book, he quickly established himself as one of the best and most loved writers of his generation...
(born 1942) - Zikmund WinterZikmund WinterZikmund Winter was a Czech writer and historian. The author of many historical novels and essays, he maintained an interest in Bohemian life from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.- Sources :*...
(1846–1912) - Jiří WolkerJirí WolkerJiří Wolker was a Czech poet, journalist and playwright. He was one of the founding members of CPC - Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1921.- Life :...
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- Jan ZábranaJan ZábranaJan Zábrana was a Czech writer and translator.His parents were teachers and politicians persecuted by the communist regime after the communist revolution of 1948: his mother, member of the regional parliament, was arrested and sentenced to 20 years of prison; his father, mayor of Humpolec before the...
(1931–1984) - Jan ZahradníčekJan ZahradnícekJan Zahradníček was a Czech poet of the early and mid-20th century. Because of his writings and Catholic orientation he was imprisoned as an enemy of Communists after their coup in 1948.From 1919 to 1926 he studied at Classical Grammar School in Třebíč...
(1905–1960) - Antonín ZápotockýAntonín ZápotockýAntonín Zápotocký was communist Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953 and President of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957....
(1884–1957) - Petr ZelenkaPetr ZelenkaPetr Zelenka is an award-winning Czech playwright and director of theatre and film. His films have been recognized at international festivals in Moscow and Rotterdam...
(born 1967), playwright and film director - Julius ZeyerJulius ZeyerJulius Zeyer was a Czech prose writer, poet, and playwright.Zeyer was born into a father of German-French nobility, and mother of Jewish family, and learned the Czech language from his nanny. He was expected to take over the family's factory but instead decided to learn carpentering...
(1841–1901)