Jaroslav Vrchlický
Poet, Author
1853 – 1912
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Who was Jaroslav Vrchlický?
Jaroslav Vrchlický was one of the greatest Czech lyrical poets. He was born Emil Bohuslav Frída, 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 Czech literature. He was one of the main voices in Lumír magazine from 1851.
Vrchlický's life was the subject of a 1997 novel, Za trochu lásky....
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- Born
- Feb 17, 1853
Louny - Also known as
- Jaroslav Vrchlicky
- Emil Frída
- Emil Bohuslav Frída
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire
- Austria-Hungary
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 9, 1912
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on July 23, 2013
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