Alois Jirásek

Alois Jirásek
Portrait of Alois Jirásek by Jan Vilímek.
Born	August 23, 1851(1851-08-23) Hronov, Austria
Died	March 12, 1930(1930-03-12) (aged 78) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Resting place	Hronov
Occupation	Writer, politician
Nationality	Czech
Genres	Literary realism
Notable work(s)	Staré pověsti české Mezi proudy Proti všem Bratrstvo Temno Psohlavci F. L. Věk

Alois Jirásek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalojs ˈjɪraːsɛk]) (August 23, 1851, Hronov – March 12, 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a secondary-school teacher until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1918, 1919, 1921 and 1930.

Bibliography

Novels

• Old Bohemian Legends (1894, Staré pověsti české), including The Maidens' War (English translation), on the legend of Šárka
• Between the Currents (1887–1890, Mezi proudy)
• Against Everyone (1893, Proti všem)
• The Brethren (1899–1908, Bratrstvo)
• Darkness (1914, Temno, novel from post 1620 counter-reformation period)
• F. L. Věk (1888–1906, 5 volumes, about the beginnings of the Czech National Revival)
• The Philosophers' Story (1878, Filosofská historie, about the revolutionary year of 1848)

Dramas

• Jan Hus (1911)
• Jan Žižka (1903)
• Jan Roháč (1914)
• Lantern (1905)
• Vojnarka (1891)
• Father (1895, Otec)

See also

• List of Czech writers