Jakub Arbes

Jakub Arbes (June 12, 1840, Prague (Smíchov) – April 8, 1914, Prague) was a Czech writer and journalist, sympathizer of the "Májovci" literary group and creator of the new genre called "romanetto". Although sympathetic to the "Májovci" group, he was not part of it, because they created under different circumstances.

Life

He was a pupil of Jan Neruda for the short time, later he studied polytechnic. However, his studies remained unfinished, and Arbes decided to devote himself to the journalist profession. From 1867 to 1877 he worked in the "Národní listy" newspaper. In 1873 - 1874 was Arbes tried and arrested as a member of the opposing movement [cite book |title=Slovník českých spisovatelů |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=ed. Věra Menclová, Václav Vaněk |year=2005 |publisher=Libri |location=Prague |isbn=80-7277-179-5 |pages=p. 52 |url= cs icon] . Later he cooperated with Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic and Josef Svatopluk Machar, the prominent members of Czech culture in that time.

Works

Romanettos

*"Ďábel na skřipci" (1865)
*"Elegie o černých očích" (1865–1867)
*"Svatý Xaverius" (1872)
*"Akrobati" (1878)
*"Zborcené harfy tón" (1885–1886)
*"Lotr Gólo" (1886)
*"Duhový bod nad hlavou" (1889)
*"Duhokřídlá Psýché" (1891)
*"Sivooký démon"
*"Zázračná madona"
*"Newtonův mozek"
*"Kandidáti existence"
*"Ukřižovaná"
*"Etiopská lilie"

Novels

*"Moderní upíři"
*"Štrajchpudlíci"
*"Mesiáš"
*"Anděl míru"
*"Kandidáti existence"
*"Český Paganini"
*"Záhadné povahy"
*"Z duševní dílny básníků"

Journalism

* "Epizody"
* "Pláč koruny české neboli Nová persekuce"

See also

* List of Czech writers

External links

*gutenberg author | id=Jakub_Arbes | name=Jakub Arbes

References