Fráňa Šrámek (19 January 1877,
Sobotka – 1 July 1952,
Prague
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) was a
Czech impressionist and
vitalist
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poet, novelist, playwright and
anarchist
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.
In 1885 his family relocated to
Písek, where he lived for a long time and much of his work was created in and about this town. After study he joined the military for a period of about a year, but was forced to continue service for another due to bad behavior. In 1914 he fell ill with
rheumatism.
Novels
* ''Stříbrný vítr''
* ''Tělo''
* ''Past''
* ''Křižovatky''
Poems collections
* ''Modrý a rudý'' (1906)
* ''Splav''
* ''Ještě zní''
* ''Života bído, přec tě mám rád (1905)''
* ''Nové básně''
* ''Rány, růže''
See also
*
List of Czech writers
References
External links
*
Biography and bibliography*
1877 births
1952 deaths
Czech male poets
Czech male novelists
20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Czech novelists
20th-century Czech poets
Czech male dramatists and playwrights
Czech anarchists
People from Jičín District
Poets from Austria-Hungary
Anarchists from Austria-Hungary
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