Karel Klostermann
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Karel Klostermann (February 15, 1848-July 17, 1923) was a Czech writer. He wrote under the alias Faustin.
From 1857 to 1865 he went to school in Písek, He studied medicine until 1869 in Vienna, and was later active as a teacher of German and French at the German High School in Pilsen. He first wrote his works in German, later he turned to the Czech language and wrote novellas about the inhabitants of the middle Šumava (Boehmerwald). This can be found in the collection V srdci šumavských hvozdu ("in the heart of the Šumava"). Some of his novellas are set in and around the city of Kašperské Hory (mountain realm stone). Some of his more popular works include "the son of the free judge" and "fist in stories".
Some of his more popular works include "the son of the free judge" and "fist in stories".
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A Czech writer born on 13th January 1848 in Alpine-Austrian Haag am Hausruck.
Representative of realistic country fiction.
In 1865-69 he studied medicine in Vienna, for some time he worked as an editor of 'Wanderer' magazine and as a tutor. Since 1878 he worked as a professor of French and German languages at a German grammar school in Plzen.
He started his career as a writer with his sketches and feuilletons in late 1880 ´s. In his novels and short stories he described traditions, life and individual types of people of the Sumava region (for example woodcutters, rafters and poachers), its harsh countryside. With psychological penetrability he pictured the destructive influence of a fast enrichment, break-up of farm families and disunion caused by home-leaving. In one of his novels he described the crisis of the glass industry in the Sumava region in the first half of 19th century. To the top of his work belongs a novel where he developed typical features of South-Bohemian farming and he described country peculiarities.
He wrote in Czech and German.
He died on 16th July 1923 n Steken near Strakonice.
The writer, Charles Klostermann lived for a short time in Štěkeň. He wasn't a native. He was born on 13th January 1848 in Alpine-Austrian Haag/H. In 1860 his father accepted the position of physician to Marshal Windischgraetz and the family moved to Štěkeň. He attended school in Klatovy, and later in Pisek, spending his holidays in the splendid chateau and park. He fished the River Otava and nearby pools (a hobby which developed into a lifelong interest). In 1862 Marshal Windischgraetz died and Klostermann's family moved from Steken to Mount Kasperske. Charles Klostermann became a writer. His writings tell of the Sumava mountains and the people living there in sometimes very harsh conditions. Štěkeň features in his book Posumavske Rapsody in a story called "Two Guards", and also in the novel Ecce Homo in which the protagonist was modelled on the local priest, Vendelin Zbonek.
In 1908 he retired and from then on spent nearly every summer in Štěkeň, revisiting his childhood haunts. Initially he resided at Velan's house (No 75) and from 1919 at the chateau, where on 16th July 1923 he died . He is buried in Plzen cemetery alongside a native of Strakonice, National Artist, Josef Skupa, who also spent his childhood in Štěkeň.
Klostermann's world exists no longer, except in his writings. The people of Štěkeň have taken him to their hearts and regard him as an honorary citizen.
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