Name Jaroslav Havlicek Role Novelist | Books Neviditelny Movies Oil Lamps | |
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Died April 7, 1943, Prague, Czech Republic Similar People Juraj Herz, Vaclav Sasek, Lubor Dohnal | ||
Jaroslav havl ek hodinky pana balab na mluven slovo cz
Jaroslav Havlíček (February 3, 1896, Jilemnice - April 7, 1943, Prague) was a Czech novelist. He was an exponent of naturalism and psychological novel in Czech literature.
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- Jaroslav havl ek hodinky pana balab na mluven slovo cz
- Jaroslav havl ek b h m ho d tstv mluven slovo cz
- Life
- Work
- References
Jaroslav havl ek b h m ho d tstv mluven slovo cz
Life
Jaroslav Havlíček was born in a teacher's family in Jilemnice, Liberec Region. He studied Gymnasium in Jičín and then courses of commercial economics. Shortly after he entered ČVUT he was drafted to serve in the Austrian army in Kadaň from where he soon went to front (Russia, Italy). After World War I he finished his studies and became an official. He married Marie Krausová, daughter to a Jilemnice soapmaker, in 1921. Father to Zbyněk Havlíček,
Work
His novels are usually situated to a provincial town with clear signs of Jilemnice at the turn of the 20th century. His masterpiece is a novel called originally Vyprahlé touhy (Thirsty Lusts, 1935) and re-written by the author under the name Petrolejové lampy (Kerosene Lamps, 1944). Most of his novels (Neviditelný/Invisible, Vlčí kůže/Wolf's skin, Helimadoe) are psychological novels about young men and women and their relationships in extreme conditions.
