Jindřich Šimon Baar

Jindřich Šimon Baar (February 7, 1869, Klenčí pod Čerchovem – October 24, 1925, Klenčí pod Čerchovem) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called "country prose". He joined the Czech "Catholic modern style", but later severed the ties with that 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. 55 |url= cs icon] . As writer, he emphasized traditional moral values of the countryside.

Born into a peasant family, he did religious studies and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1892. As a priest, he strived, unsuccessfully, for reforms in the church.

Works

Among his novels are:
* "Cestou křížovou" (1900) – the first fruit, autobiographic description of the uneasy life as a reform priest
* "Pro kravičku" (1905)
* "Farská panička" (1906)
* "Farské historky" (1908)
* "Jan Cimbura" (1908) – highly idealized depiction of peasant life
* historical trilogy: "Paní komisarka" (1923), "Osmačtyřicátníci" (1924) and "Lůsy" (1925)

He also published several short stories and collections of fairy tales.

References

See also

* List of Czech writers

External links

* [http://zivotopisyonline.cz/jindrich-simon-baar.php Biography]
* [http://www.klenci.cz/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?u=6606&id_org=6606&id=5213&p1=&p2=&p3= Museum of Jindřich Šimon Baar in Klenčí pod Čerchovem]
* [http://www.cimbura.com/familyhistory/jancimburabookenglish.pdf English translation of Jan Cimbura by Blanch Zelmer]