Jan František Beckovský

Jan František Beckovský (August 18, 1658, Havlíčkův Brod – December 26, 1722, Prague) was a Czech historian, writer, translator, and priest.

Life

He studied in Havlíčkův Brod, Brno, Vienna and Prague. In 1685 he entered the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star religious order, in 1688 he was ordained as a priest. Beckovský was in a friendly reationship with another Czech writer of that time, Bohuslav Balbíncite 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. 63 |url= cs icon] . From 1688 to his death he worked as an administrator of the monastery in the New Town, Praguecite 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. 63 |url= cs icon] .

Works

*"Poselkyně starých příběhův českých" (1700-1723) - the chronicle in two parts, the first part contains events till 1526, in the second part Becovský depicts with the strong patriotic accent events till the beginning of 18th century.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. 63 |url= cs icon] An important source of Czech patriotic education in 18th century.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. 63 |url= cs icon]
*"Zarmoucená a po svém milenci truchlivá hrdička aneb kající křesťanská duše..." (1703) - catechetic treatise

References

See also

* List of Czech writers