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Jan Čarek

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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, Heřmaň, Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic – 27 March 1966, Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech poet, essayist, and literary critic. He was greatly popular in his day for his children's books a "rural" poetry.

Biography

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.

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