WRITER

Alois Jirásek

1851 - 1930

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Alois Jirásek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalojs ˈjɪraːsɛk]) (23 August 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – 12 March 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alois Jirásek has received more than 84,912 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Alois Jirásek is the 2,260th most popular writer (up from 2,348th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 287th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Czech Writer.

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Notable Works

Temno
Hussites, Fiction
1925
Bratrstvo
Fiction, History
1929
Filosofská historie
1877
F.L. Věk
Fiction
1919
Skaláci
1875
Psohlavci
History, Fiction
1920
Filosofská historie
1877
F.L. Věk
Fiction
1919
Filosofská historie
1877
Staré pověsti české
1949
Bratrstvo
Fiction, History
1929
Psohlavci
History, Fiction
1920
Bratrstvo
Fiction, History
1929
Psohlavci
History, Fiction
1920
Skaláci
1875
Staré pověsti české
1949
Skaláci
1875
F.L. Věk
Fiction
1919

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alois Jirásek ranks 2,260 out of 7,302. Before him are Georges Ohnet, Simon Dach, Johann Nestroy, Édouard Drumont, Ğabdulla Tuqay, and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. After him are Inger Christensen, Saigyō, Umberto Saba, Jeppe Aakjær, Konstantin Balmont, and Andrey Kurkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Alois Jirásek ranks 43. Before him are Jacobus Kapteyn, Jonas Basanavičius, Franz von Liszt, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, and Luis Ricardo Falero. After him are Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Aristide Bruant, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Charles Chamberland, Melvil Dewey, and Oliver Lodge. Among people deceased in 1930, Alois Jirásek ranks 46. Before him are José Carlos Mariátegui, Riccardo Drigo, Rafael Merry del Val, Eduard Meyer, Eric Lemming, and Frank P. Ramsey. After him are Jeppe Aakjær, Mabel Normand, Pierina Legnani, Emil Krebs, Eugen Goldstein, and Lon Chaney.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Alois Jirásek ranks 276 out of 1,200. Before him are Johann Radon (1887), Leopold Koželuch (1747), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia (1075), Dominik Duka (1943), and Václav Vorlíček (1930). After him are Judith of Bohemia (1056), Alois Hába (1893), Friedrich von Berchtold (1781), Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1246), Maria Restituta Kafka (1894), and Karel Hynek Mácha (1810).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Alois Jirásek ranks 29. Before him are Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Martin of Opava (1300), Petr Ginz (1928), Josef Lada (1887), and Pavel Kohout (1928). After him are Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Alois Musil (1868), Karel Jaromír Erben (1811), Josef Jungmann (1773), and Józef Czapski (1896).

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