Jindřich Šimon Baar
Fr. Jindřich Šimon Baar | |
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Born | Klenčí pod Čerchovem, Czech Republic | February 7, 1869
Died | October 24, 1925 Klenčí pod Čerchovem, Czech Republic | (aged 56)
Occupation | Priest, Author |
Genre | Novels |
Jindřich Šimon Baar Czech pronunciation (help·info) (February 7, 1869, Klenčí pod Čerchovem – October 24, 1925, Klenčí pod Čerchovem) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose. He joined the Czech Catholic modern style, but later severed the ties with that movement.[1] As writer, he emphasized traditional moral values of the countryside.
Born into a peasant family, he did religious studies and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1892. As a priest, he strived, unsuccessfully, for reforms in the church.
Works[]
Among his novels are:
- Cestou křížovou (1900) – the first fruit, autobiographic description of the uneasy life as a reform priest
- Pro kravičku (1905)
- Farská panička (1906)
- Farské historky (1908)
- Jan Cimbura (1908) – highly idealized depiction of peasant life
- historical trilogy: Paní komisarka (1923), Osmačtyřicátníci (1924) and Lůsy (1925)
He also published several short stories and collections of fairy tales.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jindřich Šimon Baar. |
- (in Czech) Biography
- (in Czech) Museum of Jindřich Šimon Baar in Klenčí pod Čerchovem
- English translation of Jan Cimbura by Blanch Zelmer[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- 1869 births
- 1925 deaths
- People from Domažlice District
- People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
- Czech Roman Catholic priests
- Czech novelists
- Male novelists
- Czech male writers