Ondřej Přikryl (26 November 1862,
Výšovice–21 December 1936,
Prostějov
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) was a
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poet
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,
pharmacist, and
politician
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.
Life
Přikryl studied medicine at
Charles University in Prague
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, graduating in 1886. His professional career was in
pharmacy but was also devoted politics and literature, eventually having political careers under two
regime
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s and even gaining
niche literary fame. Between 1914 and 1919 he served as the mayor of
Prostějov
Prostějov (; german: Proßnitz) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 43,000 inhabitants. The city is known for its fashion industry. The historical city centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural ...
, and in 1902, 1906 and 1913 he was elected to the
Moravian Diet of the then
Austro–Hungarian Empire. After
World War I
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he was elected to senate of the
First Czechoslovak Republic
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in the 1920 elections, a position which he held until 1925.
Přikryl's literary contribution was in the
Hanakian dialect, in which he composed numerous poems and
feuilleton
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s.
Works
* ''Hanácky pěsničke'' (1900)
* ''Ešče z Hané'' (1912)
* ''Padesátka z Hané'' (1912)
* ''Haná a Romža'' (1914)
* ''Chabašči'' (1915)
* ''Z vojne'' (1917)
* ''Čase tvrči než ocel'' (1921)
* ''Rozmaryn'' (1922)
* ''Prostějovsky pěsničke'' (1927)
* ''Bévávalo''
* ''Z těžkých dob Prostějova'' (1929-1930)
* ''Červánky Prostějova'' (1931)
* ''Mhla'' (1933)
* ''Pruchod do pekel'' (1935)
* ''K ževoto'' (1935)
* ''Před chropeňském zámkem'' (1936)
References
External links
Ondřej Přikryl– Profile on the official website of Prostějov
Hanácky pěsničke – Ondřej Přikryl– electronic publication
– (Czech Wikipedia article)
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20th-century Czech poets
20th-century male writers
Czech male poets
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Charles University alumni
1862 births
1936 deaths
Czech pharmacists
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Czech writers
Poets from Austria-Hungary