Václav Černý (26 March 1905, Jizbice – 2 July 1987,

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literary scholar, writer and philosopher. He was an enthusiast of

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and philosophy and translated into Czech a number of literary and philosophical works by Spanish writers as

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, Unamuno and

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Bibliography

* ''Lidové kořeny současného umění'', 1929 * ''

Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel '' War with the Newts'' (1936) and play '' R.U.R.'' (''Rossum' ...

'', 1936 * ''Esej o básnickém baroku'', 1937 * ''Meditace o romantickém neklidu'', 1943 * ''Boje a směry socialistické kultury'', 1946 * ''Prvý sešit existencialismu'', 1947 * ''Druhý sešit existencialismu'', published in 1992 together with "První sešit existencialismu" * ''Osobnost tvorba a boj'', 1947 * ''Středověká milostná lyrika'', 1948 * ''

Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert (; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides ...

'', 1954 * ''Staročeský mastičkář'', 1955 * ''Lid a literatura ve středověku, zvláště pak v románských zemích'', 1958 * ''Knížka o Babičce'', 1963 * ''Středověké drama'', 1964 * ''Studie ze starší světové literatury'', 1969 * ''Studie a eseje z moderní světové literatury'', 1969 * ''Až do předsíně nebes : čtrnáct studií o baroku našem i cizím'', 1972, published in 1996 * ''O povaze naší kultury'', 1981 * ''Paměti'', three parts, originally published abroad, in the Czech Republic in 1992–1993 * ''Úvod do literární historie'', texts of seminars from years 1969/1970, published posthumously in 1993 * ''Eseje o české a slovenské próze '', 1994 * ''V zúženém prostoru'', 1994 * ''Skutečnost a svoboda'', 1995 * ''Vývoj a zločiny panslavismu'', 1995

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cerny, Vaclav 1905 births 1987 deaths People from Náchod Czech writers Existentialists 20th-century Czech philosophers Charter 77 signatories Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class