Jiří Mahen
Jiří Mahen (born: Antonín Vančura; 12 December 1882 – 22 May 1939) was a
Life
He was born Antonín Vančura, in
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Mahenova knihovna (Mahen's Library, Brno City Library) is named after him.
Mahen was the cousin of the novelist Vladislav Vančura.
Work
His important texts are the novels Kamarádi svobody (Friends of Freedom) and Měsíc (The Moon), a novel involving poetism, the plays Mrtvé moře (Dead sea), written in 1917, Jánošík (Janosik), in 1910, and Generace (Generation), in 1921. He was the author of many books of essays, of which Rybářská knížka (Fishermen's Book), written in 1921, is the best known.
References
- Bohuš Balajka: Přehledné dějiny literatury II. Prague: Fortuna, 2005. ISBN 80-7168-781-2
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