Alois Jirasek [3] ( Czech Alois Jirásek ; 1851 , Gronov - 1930 ) - Czech writer and public figure. Member of the Czech Academy of Arts and Sciences .
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| Place of Birth | Gronov , Austrian Empire |
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| Citizenship |  Austria-Hungary  |
| Occupation | writer , public figure |
| Genre | prose |
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| Awards | [d] ( May 29, 1918 ) |
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Biography
Alois Jirasek was born in 1851 in the city of Gronovo.
He worked as a school teacher. The author of a voluminous cycle of historical novels depicting the movement of the Hussites , the period of Austrian domination ("darkness") and national revival; created the dramatic series “Jan Hus”, “Jan ижižka”, “Psoglavy” and “Jan Rogach”. He is also the author of vividly written and translated into many languages “Old Czech legends” - processing (and in some cases his own fiction based on) Czech legends for children and young people. In addition to the Czech proper, the Slovak legends about Janosik and the Jewish ones about Golem are also included .
"Tales" cover events of Czech history from ancient times to the end of the 18th century [4] . The first part, “Tales of the Times of the Gentiles,” describes the life and beliefs of the Czech people until the 9th century, before writing and the penetration of Christianity on Czech soil [5] . The following are the “Tales of the times of Christianity”: from the 9th century to the end of the Middle Ages [6] . The cycle ends with "old prophecies" [7] .
In his style, Jirasek focuses on Walter Scott , his position is patriotic, the conflicts are quite straightforward, which made his novels and plays very popular during the formation of independent Czechoslovakia. It was Jirasek who read the proclamation of Czechoslovak independence on Wenceslas Square in 1918 . Since 1920, Yirasek was a deputy of the Senate from the far-right National Democratic Party. He died in Prague, but was buried in his native Gronovo.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Jirasek was criticized by the left (for example, Julius Fucik ) for participating in the creation of the official "bourgeois" mythology of the Czechoslovak Republic. However, after the communists came to power in 1948 , Jirasek’s work, by personal order of K. Gottwald, was actively promoted as a model of patriotism (cf. the struggle against cosmopolitanism in the USSR), and Czech communist writers imitated it.
In 1953, director Vaclav Krška made a biographical film about the writer "Young Years".
Bibliography
Collected works in Russian translation
- Collected works in 8 volumes (Of ten books): Per. from Czech / [Ed. B. Shupletsov, A. Pavlovich]; [Entry. article by B. Shupletsov]; [Comment. N. Pashayeva, B. Shupletsova]. - M .: Goslitizdat , 1955-1958.
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- FL Věk (1888 - 1906) - a five-part novel, the main character Frantisek Ladislav Vek - a merchant from Dobrushka, a patriot; the goal was to show how the process of national revival took place in Prague (the intellectual stream) and in Dobrushka (the national stream); historical figures: Vaclav Tham, Vaclav Matei Krameriy and others; FL Age is depicted in accordance with the true character of the merchant Frantisek Vladislav Huck.
- In our country (1896 - 1903) - a four-part chronicle (Eel, Newspaper, Osetek, Earthworm), established in Nakhod and Khronovsko (Padoli), the protagonist-priest is a revived man.
- Philosophical history (1878) - about the life of students in Litomyšl and the struggle in Prague in 1848. Monument to A. Jiraseku (New Place) Jiraskovo us. (2)
Pieces
Historical dramas
Called. Three John Trilogy:
- Jan Hus (1911)
- Jan ижižka (1903)
- Jan Rohak (1914)
Other historical games:
- Cradle (1891) - a comedy staged during the time of Wenceslas IV.
- Emigrant (1898) - a drama takes place at Christmas in 1741 in Police over Metuya, when the troops of the Prussian King Frederick II invaded the Czech Republic. [33]
- M. D. Rettigova (1901) - a comedy dedicated to the memory of a patriotic writer and cook
- Hero (1904) - a tragedy seeking the reasons for the destruction of Elba by the Slavs
Other Pieces
- The Lantern (1905) is a fairy-tale drama connecting the world of real and fairy-tale characters.
- Voynarka (1890) - the tragedy of old love, which remained unfulfilled
- Father (1894) - a village drama about human envy and greed
- Loneliness (1908) - a three-part play, the story of a bored lady who spends summer time alone in the mountains and experiences a love adventure; filmed in 1965 (television film directed by Yaroslav Novotny)
- Zukushka (1894) [34] - one act from the small town of Litomyšl
- Pan Johanes (1909) - pohádka o čtyřech jednáních; proti cizí moci pana Johanesa (Rýbrcoula) se brání česká princezna Kačenka, což bylo v době kolem první světové války chápáno jako alegorie boje za státní samostatnost; dle hry zkomponoval stejnojmennou operu Ivo Jirásek, libreto napsal Jiří Šrámek (1951–1952)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ In the editions of his books in Russian and in reference editions - Irasek.
- ↑ Foreign children's writers in Russia. Bibliographic dictionary. - S. 184.
- ↑ Foreign children's writers in Russia. Bibliographic dictionary.
- ↑ Foreign children's writers in Russia. Bibliographic dictionary.
- ↑ Foreign children's writers in Russia. Bibliographic dictionary. - S. 185.