Alois Jirásek

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Alois Jirásek (pronounced [ˈalojs ˈjɪraːsɛk]) (August 23, 1851, Hronov – March 12, 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a secondary-school teacher until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels 1.2 Dramas 2 See also

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• Old Bohemian Legends (1894, Staré pověsti české), including The Maidens' War (English translation), on the legend of Šárka
• Between the Currents (1887 – 1890, Mezi proudy)
• Against Everyone (1893, Proti všem)
• The Brethren (1899 – 1908, Bratrstvo)
• Darkness (1914, Temno, novel from post 1620 counter-reformation period)
• F. L. Věk (1888 – 1906, 5 volumes, about the beginnings of the Czech National Revival)
• The Philosophers' Story (1878, Filosofská historie, about the revolutionary year of 1848)

[edit] Dramas

• Jan Hus (1911)
• Jan Žižka (1903)
• Jan Roháč (1914)
• Lantern (1905)
• Vojnarka (1891)
• Father (1895, Otec)

[edit] See also

• List of Czech writers