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Zlatá Praha
''Zlatá Praha'' (''Golden Prague'') was a Czech illustrated literary magazine. Founded by poet Vítězslav Hálek, it was published separately from 1864 to 1865 before it was restarted again in 1884 by publisher Jan Otto, with Ferdinand Schulz, poet and editor-in-chief. It was then published from 1884 until 1929. The magazine published a lot of literary works (poems, short stories, novels, serialized translations etc.) and articles on culture and politics. It also featured many illustrative paintings, portraits and photographs, as well as monochrome reproductions of contemporary art. Acclaimed for its high quality content and graphics, many paintings and articles published there are now in the public domain. Beginnings (1864–1865) The magazine ''Zlatá Praha'' was founded by Vítězslav Hálek and produced by the publishing house of Karel Seyfried from early 1864. The aim was to offer to Czech readers a format of magazine similar to that which was popular in Europe at that ti ...
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Národní Listy
''Národní listy'' ("The National Newspaper") was a Czech newspaper published in Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ... from 1861 to 1941. History The decision to start ''Národni listy'' began in September 1860. The first issue of the newspaper was first published in January 1861 in an edition of 7,000 copies. From 1861 to 1894 it was published by Julius Grégr; since 1874 it was the main newspaper of the Young Czech Party. The Grégr family owned and published the newspaper up until 1910; when it was transferred to the printing house Pražská akciová tiskárna founded by two other members of the Young Czech Party, Karel Kramář and Alois Rašín. In October 1917, brothers Josef Čapek and Karel Čapek joined the staff as writers, but they left i ...
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Poetry Literary Magazines
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in place of, Denotation, literal or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet. Poets use a variety of techniques called poetic devices, such as assonance, alliteration, Phonaesthetics#Euphony and cacophony, euphony and cacophony, onomatopoeia, rhythm (via metre (poetry), metre), and sound symbolism, to produce musical or other artistic effects. They also frequently organize these effects into :Poetic forms, poetic structures, which may be strict or loose, conventional or invented by the poet. Poetic structures vary dramatically by language and cultural convention, but they often use Metre (poetry), rhythmic metre (patterns of syllable stress or syllable weight, syllable (mora) weight ...
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Magazines Disestablished In 1929
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally financed by advertising, newsagent's shop, purchase price, prepaid subscription business model, subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. They are categorised by their frequency of publication (i.e., as weeklies, monthlies, quarterlies, etc.), their target audiences (e.g., women's and trade magazines), their subjects of focus (e.g., popular science and religious), and their tones or approach (e.g., works of satire or humor). Appearance on the cover of print magazines has historically been understood to convey a place of honor or distinction to an individual or event. Term origin and definition Origin The etymology of the word "magazine" suggests derivation from the Arabic language, Arabic (), the broken plural of () meaning "depot, s ...
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Magazines Established In 1864
A magazine is a periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content forms. Magazines are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. They are categorised by their frequency of publication (i.e., as weeklies, monthlies, quarterlies, etc.), their target audiences (e.g., women's and trade magazines), their subjects of focus (e.g., popular science and religious), and their tones or approach (e.g., works of satire or humor). Appearance on the cover of print magazines has historically been understood to convey a place of honor or distinction to an individual or event. Term origin and definition Origin The etymology of the word "magazine" suggests derivation from the Arabic (), the broken plural of () meaning "depot, storehouse" (originally military storehouse); that comes to English via Middle French and Italian . In ...
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Defunct Magazines Published In Czechoslovakia
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Literary Magazines Published In The Czech Republic
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems. It includes both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed.; see also Homer. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment. It can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role. Literary criticism is one of the oldest academic disciplines, and is concerned with the literary merit or intellectual significance of specific texts. The study of books and other texts as artifacts or traditions is instead encompassed by textual criticism or the history of the book. "Literature", as an art form, is sometimes used synonymously with literary fiction, fiction written with the goal of artistic merit, but can also include works in various non-fiction genres, ...
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Vilém Weitenweber
Vilém or Vilem is Czech form of Germanic name William. It may refer to: *Vilém Blodek (1834–1874), Czech composer, flautist, and pianist * Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824–1895), Czech physician *Vilém Flusser (1920–1991), philosopher born in Czechoslovakia * Vilém Gajdušek (1895–1977), Czech optician and prominent telescope designer * Vilém Goppold, Jr. (born 1893, date of death unknown), a Bohemian Olympic fencer * Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf (1869–1943), Bohemian fencer and olympic medalist in sabre competition * Vilém Heš (1860–1908), Czech operatic bass *Vilém Heckel (1918–1970), Czech photographer *Vilém Klíma (1906–1985), Czech electrical engineer *Vilém Kurz (1872–1945), Czech pianist, piano teacher, professor *Vilém Loos (1895–1942), Czechoslovak ice hockey player *Vilém Lugr (1911–1981), Czech footballer and football manager *Vilém Mandlík, Olympic 200 metre semi-finalist for Czechoslovakia in 1956 *Vilém Mathesius (1882–1945), Czech lingu ...
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Světozor
__NOTOC__ ''Světozor'' ("Seeing the World") was a Czech language, Czech-language illustrated magazine published in 19th and 20th century. History and profile ''Světozor'' was created by Pavel Josef Šafařík in 1834. Šafařík was inspired by the British penny press and the German ''Das Pfennig-Magazin, Pfennig-Magazin''. The newspaper, trying to entertain the readers with curiosities, did not incite much interest and closed down in two years. In 1867 the magazine was reestablished by František Skrejšovský (1837–1902), an entrepreneur and politician. A substantial portion of the weekly was dedicated to the literature and the arts. Since 1899 for more than 30 years the magazine was owned by the publishing house of Jan Otto. Between 1933 and 1939 the magazine was owned by leftist journalist and photographer Pavel Altschul (1900–1944). Other notable uses ''Světozor'' is also the name of a large (700 seats) cinema built in 1918 in Prague. There seems to be no relation wi ...
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Teplice
Teplice (, until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; , ''Teplitz-Schönau'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 51,000 inhabitants. It is the most populous Czech spa town, followed by Karlovy Vary. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Teplice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Teplice (19,441) *Hudcov (651) *Nová Ves (1,315) *Prosetice (3,359) *Řetenice (4,016) *Sobědruhy (1,144) *Trnovany (18,502) Etymology ''Teplice'' is an Old Czech word meaning 'warm (hot) water'. Geography Teplice is located about west of Ústí nad Labem and northwest of Prague. The northern part of the municipal territory lies in the Most Basin and the southern part lies in the České Středohoří, Central Bohemian Uplands. The highest point is the hill Doubravská hora at above sea level. Th ...
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