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.

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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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Museum of Jindřich Šimon Baar in Klenčí pod Čerchovem

English translation of Jan Cimbura by Blanch Zelmer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baar, Jindrich Simon 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

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