List of Czech writers Czech writers.
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Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer , publisher, translator, and writerMichal 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 philosopherHana Andronikova (born 1967), writerJakub Arbes (1840–1914), writer and journalist, realist Ludvík Aškenazy (1921–1986), writer and journalistJosef Augusta (1903–1968), paleontologist , geologist , and science popularizerB
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 Eduard Bass (1888–1946), writer, journalist, singer, and actorJan František Beckovský (1658–1725), writer, historian, translator, and priestKamil Bednář (1912–1972), poet, writer and translatorVavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (1555–1615), mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and philologist of Slovak origin, author of a Czech grammarJan 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 translatorPetr Bezruč (1867–1958), poet and writerKonstantin Biebl (1898–1951), poetJan Blahoslav (1523–1571), humanistic writer and composerIvan Blatný (1919–1990), poet, member of Skupina 42 Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet, author, theatre critic and DramaturgAnna Bolavá (born 1981) novelist and poetEgon Bondy (1930–2007), philosopher, writer, and poet, the main personality of the Prague underground Tereza Boučková (born 1957), writer, dramatist and screenwriterZuzana Brabcová (born 1959), novelistArthur Breisky (1885–1910), writer, translator, playwrightOtokar Březina (1868–1929), Symbolist poet and essayistBedřich Bridel (1619–1680), baroque writer, poet, and missionaryMax Brod (1884–1968), Jewish German-speaking author, composer, and journalistD
Jakub Deml (1878–1961), priest and writerDominika Dery (born 1975), poet, playwright, journalist, and memoirist, former ballet dancerIvan Diviš (1924–1999), significant poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th centuryJosef Dobrovský (1753–1829), linguist , lexicographer , and literary historian Jan Drda (1915–1970), prose writer and playwrightJaroslav Durych (1886–1962), prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist and surgeonViktor Dyk (1877–1931), poet, prose writer, playwright and politicianF
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), novelistJaroslav Foglar (1907–1999), novelist.Jaroslav Erik Frič (born 1949), poet and musicianLuděk Frýbort (1933–2019), writerNorbert Frýd (1913–1976), writer, novelist, journalist and diplomatEmilie Fryšová (1840–1920), teacher, ethnographer and writerJulius Fučík (1903–1943)Renáta Fučíková (born 1964), illustrator and author of children's booksLadislav 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 writerLadislav Grosman (1921–1981), novelist and screenwriter.[ 3] Jiří Gruša (born 1938), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, and politicianH
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 poetKarel 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 immunologistJosef Hora (1891–1945)Egon Hostovský (1908–1973)Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997)Petra Hůlová (born 1979), novelist, playwright, journalistAnna Regina Husová (1857–1945), teacher, writer and cultural historianJan Hus (c. 1369/1370–1415)K
Franz Kafka (1883–1924)Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879), poet, writer, translatorJiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951)[ 1] Egon Kisch (1885–1948), German-language writerVáclav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859), playwrightIvan Klíma (1931–2025), novelist and playwrightLadislav Klíma (1878–1928), philosopher and novelistVáclav František Kocmánek (1607–1679)Pavel Kohout (born 1928), novelist, playwright, and poetJán Kollár (1793–1852), Slovak poetJan Amos Komenský (1592–1670)Karel Konrád (1899–1971)Vladimír Körner (born 1939), novelistKosmas (c. 1045 – 1125)Petr Král (born 1941)Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926)Jiří Kratochvil (born 1940)Jan Křesadlo (1926–1995)Tomáš Krystlík (born 1947)Milan Kundera (1929–2023)S
Petr Šabach (1951–2017)Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), Slovak Slavicist , literary historian , and poetFrantišek Xaver Šalda (1867–1937), critic and essayist.[ 5] Zdena Salivarová (1933–2025), writer, translator and publisherMichal Šanda (born 1965)Prokop František Šedivý (1764 – c. 1810), playwright, actor, and translator of the National Revival eraJaroslav Seifert (1901–1986)Ondřej Sekora (1899–1967), writer, journalist, cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, graphicKarol Sidon (born 1942)Jan Skácel (1922–1989)Vladimír Škutina (1931–1995)Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet.[ 1] Ladislav Smoček (born 1932), playwright and theater directorAntonín Sova (1864–1928), Impressionist and Symbolist poetFráňa Šrámek (1877–1952), anarchist , impressionist , and vitalist , poet, novelist, and dramatistPavel Šrut (1940–2018)Petr Stančík (born 1968)Antal Stašek (1843–1931)Vladimír Šlechta (born 1960)Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930–2018), biographerJan Nepomuk Štěpánek (1783–1844), playwrightTomáš Štítný ze Štítného (c. 1333 – 1401/09)Eduard Štorch (1878–1956)Františka Stránecká (1839–1888), writer and collector of Moravian folkloreLadislav Stroupežnický (1850–1892)Karolína Světlá (1830–1899)Růžena Svobodová (1868–1920)T
Karel Teige (1900–1951), art critic , journalist, and translatorFelix Téver (1852 - 1932), pen name of Anna Lauermannová-Mikšová, writer and literary salon hostJindra Tichá (born 1937), writer and academicPavel Tigrid (1917–2003), political journalist and essayist.Jan Tománek (born 1978) - Movie director and writerFilip Topol (1965–2013)Jáchym Topol (born 1962)Josef Topol (born 1935), playwright.[ 1] Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884)Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), playwright, writer and actor.