Karel Jaromír Erben

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Karel Jaromír Erben (pronounced [ˈkarɛl ˈjaromiːr ˈɛrbɛn]) (1811 – 1870) was a Czech historian, poet and writer of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection Kytice (Czech for The Bouquet), which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes.

He also wrote Písně národní v Čechách which contains 500 songs and Prostonárodní české písně a říkadla, a five-parted book that brings together most of the Czech folklore.

[edit] Biography

He was born on November 7, 1811 in Miletín u Jičína. He went to college in Hradec Králové. Then, in 1831, he went to Prague where he studied philosophy and later law. He started working in the National Museum (Národní muzeum) with František Palacký in 1843. He became editor of a Prague's newspaper in 1848. Two years later, in 1850, he became archives' secretary of the National Museum. He died on November 21, 1870 of tuberculosis. His daughter went on to become a spy for the Czech Government and great grand daughter studied at tertiary level to complete a bachelors in eCommerce. This great grand daughter of Karel Jaromir Erben did not study the same discipline as her name sake, but chose to persure a Bachelors in eCommerce at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. His great grand daughter goes by the name od Jana Marie Kandus.

[edit] References

Profile by School of Modern Languages and Cultures at University of Glasgow