Adolf Černý
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Adolf Černý in 1892, photographed by
Adolf Černý (19 August 1864 in Hradec Králové – 27 December 1952 in Prague) was a Czech linguist, translator, poet and journalist, as well as professor of Slavic studies in Prague.
His principal research focus was on the Sorbian language. Černý also wrote poems under the pseudonym Jan Rokyta. The Jagiellonian University in Kraków awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1947.
Works[]
- Wobydlenje Łužiskich Serbow (1889)
- Lužické obrázky (1890)
- Svatba(kwas) u Lužickych Srbů (1893)
- Mythiske bytosće Łužiskich Serbow I. (1893)
- Různé (wšelakore) listy o Lužici (1894)
- Lilie z Tvých zahrad (1899)
- Stawizny basnistwa hornjołužiskich Serbow (1910)
- Lužice a Lužičtí Srbové (1912)
- Lužická otázka (prašenje) (1918)
References[]
- Radoslava Hnízdová, A Bibliographic Synopsis of Published Works, Prague, 1998. ISBN 80-7050-271-1
External links[]
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- Literature by and about Adolf Černý in the German National Library catalogue
Categories:
- Slavists
- 1864 births
- 1952 deaths
- Linguists from the Czech Republic
- Czech poets
- Czech male poets
- Czech male writers
- People from Hradec Králové
- Czech translators
- Charles University faculty
- Czech writer stubs