Jindřich Šimon Baar

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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. 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.

[edit] Works

Among his novels are:

Cestou křížovou (1900) – autobiographic description of the uneasy life as a reform priest
Jan Cimbura (1908) – highly idealized depiction of peasant life
historical trilogy: Paní komisarka (1923), Osmačtyřicátníci (1924) and Lůsy (1925)