Zdeněk Kalista (22 July 1900 – 17 June 1982) was a
Czech historian,
poet, literary critic, editor and translator. He also published his early works under the name Z. V. Kalista.
Biography
Kalista was born on 22 July 1900 in
Benátky nad Jizerou
Benátky nad Jizerou (; german: Benatek) is a town in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban mon ...
.
From 1921 to 1923, Zdeněk Kalista, a student of
Josef Pekař
Josef Pekař (April 12, 1870 Malý Rohozec at Turnov – January 23, 1937 Prague) was a prominent Czech historian of the turn of 19th and 20th century, professor and rector of Charles University in Prague.
Life and work
After graduating at hig ...
, was elected deputy
chairman
The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...
of the ''Literární skupina'' ('Literary Group'). In 1928, he became a member of the Circle of Czech Writers (Kruh českých spisovatelů). Between 1924 and 1939, as well as from 1945 to 1948, he worked at
Charles University
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in Prague, initially as an assistant at the Historical
Seminar, and from 1932 as a lecturer. Following the
Communist takeover, he fell victim to purges and was sentenced to 15 years in
prison. He was released in 1960 and retired. In 1966, while working as an editor for various publishers and translating books, Zdeněk Kalista was rehabilitated.
Kalista published in a variety of Czech and foreign literary and historical journals. He contributed to Masaryk's
Dictionary
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and his historical works sparked a renewed interest in
Czech Baroque.
Kalista died on 17 June 1982 in
Prague, at the age of 81.
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Works
Books
* Cesty historikova myšlení (1947)
* Blahoslavená Zdislava z Lemberka (1969)
* Čechové, kteří tvořili dějiny světa (1939)
* Korespondence Zuzany Černínové (1941)
* Cesty ve znamení kříže (1947)
* Století andělů a ďáblů (1994)
* Stručné dějiny československé (1992)
* Vzpomínání na Jana Zahradníčka (1988)
* Setkání se snem aneb Finlandia
* Přátelství a osud (1978)
* Po proudu života (1961)
* Josef Pekař (1941)
* Ctihodná Marie Elekta Ježíšova (1975)
* Tváře ve stínu (1969)
* Po proudu života
* Veliká noc (1987)
References
External links
Zdeněk Kalista
on researchgate.net
Zdeněk Kalista
on cuni.cz
Zdeněk Kalista
on databazeknih.cz
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1900 births
1982 deaths
People from Benátky nad Jizerou
Czech poets
Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Czech historians
Czech editors
Czech literary critics