Josef Richard Vilímek
Male, Deceased Person
1835 – 1911
Who was Josef Richard Vilímek?
Josef Richard Vilímek was a Czech publisher. He established a well known publishing house and was father of publisher Josef Richard Vilímek.
Vilímek had studied at German technical university in Prague. Since young age he had shown literal talent and published poetry, fairy tales and articles in journals, under pseudonym Jan Velešovský. After studies he worked as a journalist for several newspapers in Prague. In 1856 he was expelled from Prague for political reasons. In 1858 Vilímek and Josef Svátek founded political satire journal "Humoristické listy". In 1858 he and Josef Novák founded "Slavic Bookstore" but left it in 1867. Publishing of calendars, almanacs and plays of Matěj Kopecký turned to be the most successful business. In 1868 Vilímek was elected into Bohemian parliament. In 1872 Vilímek set up his own printing shop.
In 1884 he founded modern publishing house Josef Richard Vilímek, also known as Josef R. Vilímek, JR Vilímek or just Vilímek. Together with publishing houses of Jan Otto and František Topič Vilímek became one of the most famous publishers of the turn of 19/20th century.
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- Born
- Apr 1, 1835
- Also known as
- Josef Richard Vilimek
- Died
- Dec 27, 1911
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on July 23, 2013
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