Vladimír Šťastný (17 March 1841,
Rudíkov
Rudíkov is a municipality and village in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Rudíkov lies approximately north-east of Třebíč, south-east of Jihlava, and south-east of Prague.
Dem ...
– 20 August 1910,
Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...
) was a Czech priest and poet. He is also known under the pseudonym Josef Ruda. After studying theology, he was chaplain in
Židlochovice
Židlochovice (; ) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants.
Etymology
According to one theory, the name is derived from Old Czech word ''židlina'', meaning 'swamp'. Acc ...
and a prefect at the Brno bishop seminary. After that he taught at the
1st Czech Gymnasium in Brno
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
. He was the founder of the magazine ''Obzor'' (Horizon) and the chief executive of the Literature association of the heritage of Saint Cyril and Metoděj.
Works
* ''Kvítí májové'' (May Flowers) – 1869
* ''Kytka z Moravy'' (A Flower from
Moravia
Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The medieval and early ...
) – 1879
* ''Drobné květy'' (Small Flowers) – 1887
* ''Hlasy a ohlasy'' (Voices and echoes) – 1892
* ''Hory a doly'' (Mountains and Mines) – 1894
References
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1841 births
1910 deaths
People from Třebíč District
Czech male poets