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Below is an alphabetical list of Czech writers.
A
- Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer
- Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist
- Karel Slavoj Amerling, also known as Karl Slavomil Amerling or Slavoj Strnad Klatovský (1807–1884), teacher, writer, and philosopher
- Hana Andronikova (born 1967), writer
- Jakub Arbes (1840–1914), writer and journalist, realist
- Ludvík Aškenazy (1921–1986), writer and journalist
- Josef Augusta (1903–1968), paleontologist, geologist, and science popularizer
B
- Jindřich Šimon Baar (1869–1925), Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose
- Bohuslav Balbín (1621–1688), writer and Jesuit
- Josef Barák (1833–1883), politician, journalist, and poet, member of the Májovci literary group
- Eduard Bass (1888–1946), writer, journalist, singer, and actor
- Jan František Beckovský (1658–1725), writer, historian, translator, and priest
- Kamil Bednář (1912–1972), poet, writer and translator
- Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (1555–1615), mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and philologist of Slovak origin, author of a Czech grammar
- Jan Beneš (1936–2007), writer and political prisoner
- Božena Benešová (1873–1936), prose writer.[1]
- Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), novelist and screenwriter[2]
- Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999), writer, philosopher and translator
- Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), poet and writer
- Konstantin Biebl (1898–1951), poet
- Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571), humanistic writer and composer
- Ivan Blatný (1919–1990), poet, member of Skupina 42 (Group 42)
- Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet, author, theatre critic and Dramaturg
- Anna Bolavá (born 1981) novelist and poet
- Egon Bondy (1930–2007), philosopher, writer, and poet, the main personality of the Prague underground
- Tereza Boučková (born 1957), writer, dramatist and screenwriter
- Emanuel Bozděc (1841 – c. 1890), dramatist.[1]
- Zuzana Brabcová (born 1959), novelist
- Arthur Breisky (1885–1910), writer, translator, playwright
- Otokar Březina (1868–1929), Symbolist poet and essayist
- Bedřich Bridel (1619–1680), baroque writer, poet, and missionary
- Max Brod (1884–1968), Jewish German-speaking author, composer, and journalist
C
D
- Mikuláš Dačický z Heslova (1555–1629), poet and autobiographer.[1]
- 'Dalimil' (died soon after 1314), anonymous author of the Boleslav Chronicle.[1]
- Jakub Deml (1878–1961), priest and writer
- Dominika Dery (born 1975), poet, playwright, journalist, and memoirist, former ballet dancer
- Ivan Diviš (1924–1999), significant poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century
- Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829), linguist, lexicographer, and literary historian
- Jan Drda (1915–1970), prose writer and playwright
- Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962), prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist and surgeon
- Václav Dušek (born 1944), novelist.[1]
- Viktor Dyk (1877–1931), poet, prose writer, playwright and politician
E
F
- Ota Filip (born 1930)
- Otakar Fischer (1883–1938), translator, poet, literary historian and playwright.[3]
- Viktor Fischl (1912–2006), poet, novelist and diplomat.
- Smil Flaška z Pardubic (1340s-1403).[1]
- František Flos (1864–1961), novelist
- Jaroslav Foglar (1907–1999), novelist.
- Jaroslav Erik Frič (born 1949), poet and musician
- Jiří Fried (1923–1999), novelist.[1]
- Luděk Frýbort (1933–2019), writer
- Norbert Frýd (1913–1976), writer, novelist, journalist and diplomat
- Emilie Fryšová (1840–1920), teacher, ethnographer and writer
- Julius Fučík (1903–1943)
- Renáta Fučíková (born 1964), illustrator and author of children's books
- Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994), novelist.
G
- František Gellner (1881–1914), poet, short-story writer and anarchist.
- Adam Georgiev (born 1980), writer of gay literature
- Arnošt Goldflam (born 1949), playwright, director and actor.
- Hermann Grab (1903–1949), German-language writer
- Ladislav Grosman (1921–1981), novelist and screenwriter.[3]
- Jiří Gruša (born 1938), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, and politician
H
- Václav Hájek z Libočan († 1553)
- František Halas (1901–1949)
- Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923)
- Jiří Haussmann (1898–1923)
- Václav Havel (1936–2011)
- Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856)
- Iva Hercíková (1935–2007)
- Ignát Herrmann (1854–1935)
- Adolf Heyduk (1835–1923)
- Jaroslav Hilbert (1871–1936)
- Josef Hiršal (1920–2003), translator and poet
- Karel Hlaváček (1874–1898)
- Daniela Hodrová (born 1946)
- Vladimír Holan (1905–1980)
- Josef Holeček (1853–1929), South Bohemian writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose, and translator (Kalevala)
- Miroslav Holub (1923–1998), poet and immunologist
- Josef Hora (1891–1945)
- Egon Hostovský (1908–1973)
- Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997)
- Petra Hůlová (born 1979), novelist, playwright, journalist
- Anna Regina Husová (1857–1945), teacher, writer and cultural historian
- Jan Hus (c. 1369/1370–1415)
J
K
L
- František Langer (1888–1965), dramatist and prose writer
- Květa Legátová (1919–2012), novelist and writer
- Paul Leppin (1878–1945), German-language writer
- Gustav Leutelt (1860–1947), German-language writer
- Věra Linhartová (born 1938), writer, art historian
- Šimon Lomnický z Budče (1552 – c. 1623), poet and moralist.[1]
- Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011), novelist, short story writer and dramatist
- Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989), poet
M
N
O
P
R
- Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), realist novelist, author of the so-called country prose, numerous books for youth and children, and several poems
- Vojtěch Rakous, pseudonym of Adalbert Östreicher (1862–1935), writer and journalist.[5]
- Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971)
- Sylvie Richterová (born 1945), poet and literary scholar
- Václav Jan Rosa (c. 1620 – 1689), poet and philologist.[1]
- Jaroslav Rudiš (born 1972), writer, journalist and musician.
- Vavřinec Leander Rvačovský ze Rvačova (1525 – after 1590), priest and prose writer.[1]
S
- Petr Šabach (1951–2017)
- Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), Slovak Slavicist, literary historian, and poet
- František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937), critic and essayist.[6]
- Zdena Salivarová (born 1933), writer, translator and publisher
- Michal Šanda (born 1965)
- Prokop František Šedivý (1764 – c. 1810), playwright, actor, and translator of the National Revival era
- Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986)
- Ondřej Sekora (1899–1967), writer, journalist, cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, graphic
- Karol Sidon (born 1942)
- Jan Skácel (1922–1989)
- Vladimír Škutina (1931–1995)
- Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)
- Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet.[1]
- Josef Karel Šlejhar (1864–1914), prose writer.[1]
- Ladislav Smoček (born 1932), playwright and theater director
- Jiří Šotola (1924–1989), actor, poet and novelist.[1]
- Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Impressionist and Symbolist poet
- Fráňa Šrámek (1877–1952), anarchist, impressionist, and vitalist, poet, novelist, and dramatist
- Pavel Šrut (1940–2018)
- Petr Stančík (born 1968)
- Antal Stašek (1843–1931)
- Vladimír Šlechta (born 1960)
- Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930–2018), biographer
- Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek (1783–1844), playwright
- Tomáš Štítný ze Štítného (c. 1333 – 1401/09)
- Eduard Štorch (1878–1956)
- Františka Stránecká (1839–1888), writer and collector of Moravian folklore
- Ladislav Stroupežnický (1850–1892)
- Karolína Světlá (1830–1899)
- Růžena Svobodová (1868–1920)
T
U
V
W
Z
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Robert B. Pynsent; Sonia I. Kanikova (1993). The Everyman Companion to East European Literature. Dent. ISBN 978-0-460-87201-0. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Alexandra Berková". Czech literature portal. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10.
- ^ a b c Jonathan Bolton, Czech Literature, The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Accessed 27 July 2013.
- ^ Libuše Heczková (2006). "Teréza Nováková". In Francisca De Haan; Krassimira Daskalova; Anna Loutfi (eds.). A biographical dictionary of women's movements and feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe: 19th and 20th centuries. Central European University Press. pp. 372–75. ISBN 978-963-7326-39-4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Helena Krejčová, Rakous, Vojtěch, The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Accessed 27 July 2013.
- ^ Šalda, František Xaver Archived 2013-06-27 at archive.today
- ^ Vohryzek, Viktor, The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Accessed 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Jana Witthedová". databazeknih.cz (in Czech).
- ^ Zeyer, Julius, The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Accessed 27 July 2013.
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