Writers
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...
Karel Hynek Macha
Ignac Macha, later known as Karel Hynek Macha (1810–1836), was a Czech poet, and main representative of Czech romanticism. He was born and grew up in Prague. Macha was educated and could read a...
Josef Kajetan Tyl
Josef Kajetan Tyl (February 4, 1808 – July 11, 1856) was a Czech playwright, writer, and actor. He is best known as the author of the Czech national anthem “Kde domov muj” (“Where My...
Karolina Svetla
Karolina Svetla, originally Johanna Nepomucena Rott, was born on February 24th, 1830 into a wealthy family. Karolina received a good education when she was young, and so, in addition to German, she al...
Bohuslav Balbin
Bohuslav Balbin is known as a Czech writer, who lived in the 17th century. Society sees him also as a geographer, historian and pedagogue. He was born on December 3rd in Hradec Kralove in the so-calle...
Rehor Hruby z Jeleni
Rehor Hruby z Jeleni was a Czech translator, writer, and humanist who lived during the reign of Vladislaus II of Hungary. Although he was a leading figure of Czech humanism and his works of translatio...
