Jan Čarek
Illustration — Jan Čarek • Illustration — A funerary urn of Jan Čarek placed in the wall of his birthplace church in Heřmaň in South Bohemian Region. Jan Čarek (29 December 1898, in Heřmaň, Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic – 27 March 1966, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czechoslovak poet, essayist, and literary critic. He was greatly popular in his day for his children's books a "rural" poetry.
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Jan Čarek

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- Born
- 1898 · Heřmaň.
- Died
- 1966 · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- writer · poet · editing staff
- Languages
- Czech
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Jan Čarek nacque a Heřmaň u Písku, Repubblica Ceca (29 dicembre 1898) e morì a Praga (27 marzo 1966).
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From 1910 to 1918 he studied at the gymnasium in Písek. He was initially working as a railway clerk. Since 1946 he started his professional writer career. Since the 1920s he regularly published his works in a number of Czech literary magazines. After 1948 he devoted himself almost exclusively to children's literature.
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Works
• Vojna, 1920 • Chudá rodina z Heřmaně, 1924 • Temno v chalupách, 1926 • Smutný život, 1929 • Tři baldy o válce, 1934 • Hvězdy na nebi, 1934 • Balada o Kýrovi, 1934 • Všechny chalupy,. 1936 • Tváří k vesnici, 1938 • Svatozář, 1939 • Devítiocasá kočka, 1936 • Básně rolníků, 1939 • Temno v chalupách, 1941 • O životě a literatuře, 1941 • Maminka, 1941 • V zemi české, 1942 • Na špičku nože, 1943 • Železná panna, 1946 • Mezi dvěma ohni, 1947 • Dopis na věčnost, 1947 • Ráj domova, 1948 • Jan Opolský, 1949 • Heřmaň, 1952 • Zvířátka – naši přátelé, 1953 • Zlatý dětský věk, 1953 • Bajky o nástrojích, 1953 • Radost nad radost, 1954 • Náš jeden rok, 1954 • Máš rád stromy? 1954 • Co si povídaly stroje, 1955 • Ovoce, ovoce na naší zahrádce, 1957 • Co zvířátka dovedou, 1957 • Bylo – nebylo, 1957 • Veselý věneček, 1958 • Svíce potěšení, 1958 • Dobrý den, zvířátka, 1958 • Od jehly k mašinkám, 1960 • Kreslíme rozprávku k medvídkovej chalúpke, 1960 • O veselé mašince, 1961 • Na polane, na lúke, 1961 • Kolo radovánek, 1961 • Dve mašinky, 1961 • Farby, farbičky, 1962 • 10 kuriatok, 1963 • Políčko, pole, 1963 • Nejkrásnější zvířátko, 1963 • Cose to děje? 1965 • Čarokruh, 1971 • Motýlí čas, 1978
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