Ondřej Přikryl (26 November 1862, Výšovice–21 December 1936,

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) was a

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, pharmacist, and

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Life

Přikryl studied medicine at

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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

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s and even gaining niche literary fame. Between 1914 and 1919 he served as the mayor of

, and in 1902, 1906 and 1913 he was elected to the Moravian Diet of the then Austro–Hungarian Empire. After

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he was elected to senate of the

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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

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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

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