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Antal Stašek (born Antonín Zeman) (22 July 1843 – 9 October 1931) was a Czech writer and lawyer.


Life and work

Stašek was born in the village of Stanový (now part of Zlatá Olešnice) in northern
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. From 1877, Stašek was a successful barrister in Semily. His work is mainly set in the area around the Krkonoše mountains that straddle the today's border between the Czech Republic and Poland. Stašek was heavily influenced by socialism and social justice and was perhaps the first Czech writer to work with these themes. His best known novel is ''Matusch the Shoemaker and his Friends'', published posthumously in 1932. Stašek worked briefly in Mohelnice before moving in 1913 to Prague, where he spent the rest of his life. The writer
Ivan Olbracht Ivan Olbracht, born Kamil Zeman (6 January 1882, Semily, Kingdom of Bohemia, Bohemia – 20 December 1952, Prague) was a Czech people, Czech writer, journalist and translator of German language, German prose. Biography The son of writer Antal S ...
was his son.


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1843 births 1931 deaths People from Jablonec nad Nisou District People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Czechoslovak National Democracy politicians Members of the Revolutionary National Assembly of Czechoslovakia Czech poets Czech male poets Czech translators 19th-century Czech lawyers 20th-century translators 20th-century male writers 20th-century Czech lawyers {{CzechRepublic-writer-stub