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

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) was a

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, and

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Life

Přikryl studied medicine at

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, graduating in 1886. His professional career was in

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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 * :cs:Ond%C5%99ej P%C5%99ikryl – (Czech Wikipedia article) {{DEFAULTSORT:Prikryl, Ondrej 20th-century Czech poets 20th-century Czech male writers Czech male poets People from Prostějov District Mayors of places in the Czech Republic Charles University alumni 1862 births 1936 deaths Czech pharmacists Czech politicians Czech writers Poets from Austria-Hungary