Alois Jirásek
Czech writer, author, and playwright / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alois Jirásek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalojs ˈjɪraːsɛk]) (23 August 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – 12 March 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague 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. He was close to many important Czech personalities like Mikoláš Aleš, Josef Václav Sládek, Karel Václav Rais or Zdeněk Nejedlý. He attended an art club in Union Cafe with them. He worked as an editor in Zvon magazine and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1918, 1919, 1921 and 1930.[1]
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Born | (1851-08-23)23 August 1851 Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire |
Died | 12 March 1930(1930-03-12) (aged 78) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Resting place | Hronov |
Occupation | Writer, politician |
Nationality | Czech |
Genre | Literary realism |
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