Jindřich Šimon Baar (7 February 1869,
Klenčí pod Čerchovem – 24 October 1925, Klenčí pod Čerchovem) was a
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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.
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.
See also
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List of Czech writers
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* Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer
* Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist
* Karel Slavoj Amerling, also known ...
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Museum of Jindřich Šimon Baar in Klenčí pod ČerchovemEnglish translation of Jan Cimbura by Blanch Zelmer
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1869 births
1925 deaths
People from Domažlice District
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
20th-century Czech Roman Catholic priests
Czech novelists
Male novelists
Czech male writers
19th-century Czech Roman Catholic priests