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
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
. 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.
References
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
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