Writers
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was born on 3 July 1883 in a Jewish family in Prague. His father, Hermann Kafka (1851-1931), was a wholesaler of haberdashery. His mother, Julie Kafka (1856-1934), was the daughter of a we...
Jan Frantisek Beckovsky
Jan Frantisek Beckovsky was a Czech writer, historian, translator of religious literature, and priest. He was born on 18th August, 1658 in the town Nemecky Brod and died on 26th December, 1725 in Pra...
Frantisek Ladislav Celakovsky
Frantisek Ladislav Celakovsky was a famous Czech poet, translator, literary critic, and linguist. He was one of the main figures of the Czech national revival. Celakovsky was born in 1799 into a famil...
Karel Havlicek Borovsky
Karel Havlicek Borovsky was a Czech writer, journalist, poet, and politician who played a significant role in the period of the Czech National Revival. The epithet Borovsky was derived from the town o...
Franz Martin Pelzel
Franz Martin Pelzel, born on 11th of November, 1734 in Rychnov nad Kneznou was a Czech writer, historian, philologist, teacher, and a prominent figure during the Czech National Revival and Age of Enli...
Daniel Adam of Veleslavin
Daniel Adam of Veleslavin was a prominent humanist of the second half of the 16th century. He was a writer, philosopher, historian, publisher and university pedagogue. For his contributions, Daniel Ad...
Frantisek Palacky
Frantisek Palacky (1798 – 1876) was a Czech historian, politician, writer, and one of the most influential personas of the Czech national revival. He is considered the founder of modern Czech historio...
Bozena Nemcova
Bozena Nemcova is one of the most well-known writers in the Czech republic. However, her birth is shrouded with numerous mysteries. Some people claim that she was born in 1820 in the city of Vienna, w...
Jan Neruda
Jan Neruda is one of the greatest literary figures of the second half of the 19th century. He was born on 9 July, 1834 in Prague in the Mala Strana district and died on 22 August 1891. His house with ...
Josef Jungmann
Josef Jungmann was born on the 16th of July, 1773 in Hudlice. He was a Czech poet, linguist, and a significant figure of the Czech National Revival, a movement dedicated to reviving the Czech language...
