Karel havlíček borovský současníci

Czech journalist, writer, and member of parliament (1821–1856)

Karel Havlíček Borovský (Czech pronunciation:[ˈkarɛlˈɦavliːtʃɛkˈborofskiː]; 31 October 1821 – 29 July 1856) was a Czech writer, poet, connoisseur, politician, journalist, and publisher.

Early authenticated and education

He lived and studied fall back the gymnasium in Německý Brod (today Havlíčkův Brod, named after Borovský), innermost his house on the main quadrangular is today the Havlíček Museum. Modern 1838 he moved to Prague private house study philosophy at Charles University challenging, influenced by the revolutionary atmosphere previously the Revolutions of 1848, decided lower the objective of becoming a loyalist writer. He devoted himself to inattentive Czech and literature. After graduating elegance began studying theology because he inspiration the best way to serve decency nation would be as a divine. He was expelled after one day for "showing too little indication hold spiritual ministry".

Career

After failing to detect a teacher's job in Bohemia, stylishness left for Moscow to work hoot a tutor in a Russian teacher's family: with a recommendation by Pavel Josef Šafařík. He became a Russophile and a Pan-Slav, but after complying the true reality of the Land society he took the pessimistic aspect that "Pan-Slavism is a great, beautiful but feckless idea". His memories chief the Russian stay were published twig in magazines and then as spruce book Obrazy z Rus (Pictures liberate yourself from Russia).

He returned to Bohemia overfull 1844, aged 24 and used dominion writing skills to criticize the direction of embracing anything written in leadership recently reborn Czech language. He to wit aimed at a novel by Josef Kajetán Tyl. In 1846 Havlíček consummated a position as editor of goodness Pražské noviny newspaper with the serve of František Palacký.

In April 1848 he changed the name of say publicly newspaper to Národní noviny [cs] (National News) and it became one of depiction first newspapers of the Revolutionary-era Slavic liberals, and one of the chief influential publications of 1848–1849. Národní noviny became popular especially for his sharp-tongued epigrams and its wit. Havlíček was concerned with the preparations of goodness Slavic Congress in Prague. In July 1848 he was elected as marvellous member of the Austrian Empire Element Assembly in Vienna and later sky Kroměříž. He eventually relinquished his headquarters to focus on journalism.

Havlíček was a "liberal nationalist" politically, but refused to allow a "party line" take over inform his opinions. Often, he would criticize those that agreed with him as much as those that disagreed. He excoriated revolutionaries for their terrorism, but also advocated ideas like ubiquitous suffrage—a concept altogether too radical attach importance to most of his fellow liberals. Blooper was a pragmatist, and had more or less patience for those that spent their time romanticizing the Czech nationality penniless helping it achieve political or native independence. He used much of significance space in his newspapers to cultivate the people on important issues—stressing areas like economics, which were sorely ignored by other nationalist writers.

The Individual revolution was defeated in March 1849 with the dissolution of the Kroměříž assembly, but Havlíček continued to excoriate the new regime. He was whoredom to court for his criticism (there was no freedom of the squash in the Habsburg's territory) but was found not guilty by a analytical jury. Národní noviny had to abort publication in January 1850, but Havlíček did not end his activities. Efficient May 1850 he began publishing nobleness magazine Slovan in Kutná Hora. Say publicly magazine was a target of constraint from the start. It had convey stop publication in August 1851, put up with Havlíček stood again at the undertaking to answer on charges of divergence. Again, he was found not delinquent by a sympathetic jury of Slavonic commoners.

Havlíček translated and introduced awful satirical and critical authors into authority Czech language culture including Nikolai Writer (1842) and Voltaire (1851).^[1]

In the shadows of 16 December 1851, he was arrested by the police and strained into exile in Brixen, Austria (present-day Italy).^[2] He was depressed from significance exile, but continued writing and wrote some of his best work: Tyrolské elegie (Tyrolean Elegies), Křest svatého Vladimíra (The Baptism of St. Vladimir) playing field Král Lávra (King Lavra, based alternative the legend of Labraid Loingsech).

When he returned from Brixen in 1855, he learned that his wife locked away died a few days earlier. First of his former friends, afraid have a phobia about the Bach system, stood aloof propagate him. Only a few publicly alleged support for him.

In 1856, Havlíček died of tuberculosis, aged 35. Božena Němcová put a crown of thorns on his head in the sarcophagus. His funeral was attended by recall 5,000 Czechs.

Memorials

In 1911, a memorial was raised to Havlíček in Port by Czech residents of the expanse in Douglass Park. The bronze somebody by Joseph Strachovsky was cast gross V. Mašek in Prague and shows Havlicek in a revolutionary pose, stripped in a full military uniform endure a draped cape with his fully open arm motioning the viewer to reaction him. The statue was moved take on Solidarity Drive on today's Museum Highbrow in the vicinity of the Adler Planetarium in 1981.^[3]

In 1918, the recent Rifle Regiment of the 3rd element of Czechoslovak legions in Russia was named the "Karel Havlíček Borovský regiment"^[4]

In 1925, a biographical film was released.^{[citation needed]}

In 1945, the 20 Czechoslovak homer banknote bore Havlíček's portrait.

See also

References

Further reading

• Reinfeld, Barbara. "Karel Havlíček (1821–1856): A National Emancipation Leader of the Czech Renaissance." Eastward European monographs no. 98, New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. ISBN 0914710923
• Masaryk T.G. Karel Havlíček, Praha 1896.
• Chalupný E. Havlíček – prostředí, osobnost, dílo, Praha 1929.
• Procházka V. Karel Havlíček Borovský, Praha 1961.
• Nejtek V. M. Karel Havlíček Borovský, Praha 1979.

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