Arne Novák, born as Arnošt Novák, (2 March 1880,

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– 26 November 1939,

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) was a

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, specialist in

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Life

He was born as a son of the high school teacher Josef Novák and the novelist

Teréza Nováková Teréza Nováková, née Lanhausová (31 December 1853 – 13 November 1912) was a Czechs, Czech feminist author, editor, and ethnographer. Life Teréza Nováková was born in Prague in the Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic). She married ...

. He was active in the magazines '' Volné směry'', ''

Lumír ''Lumír'' is a weekly literary magazine that was established in 1851 by Ferdinand Břetislav Mikovec. It was the focal point of the neo-romantic nationalist poet Jaroslav Vrchlický and his Ossianic followers.Arne Novák & William Edward Harkin ...

'', '' Rozhledy'', etc.

References

Biography

Arne Novak Digital Library
- free scanned books

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* 1880 births 1939 deaths People from Litomyšl Czech male writers Czechoslovak historians Czech literary critics Charles University alumni Academic staff of Masaryk University Czech literary historians {{Czech-writer-stub

Life

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