František Halas

František Halas (3 October 1901 in Brno – 27 October 1949 in Prague) was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century, an essayist, and a translator.

Not to be confused with František Hala.
František Halas
Born(1901-10-03)3 October 1901
Brno, Austria-Hungary
Died27 October 1949(1949-10-27) (aged 48)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Resting placeKunštát
OccupationPoet
NationalityCzech
ChildrenFrantišek Xaver Halas
Jan Halas
Grave of František Halas in Kunštát

Life

Born as the son of textile worker, Halas worked as bookseller. He was self-taught, without higher education. After 1921 he started publishing in the communist newspapers Rovnost and Sršatec, and in 1926 he became an editor at the Prague publishing house Orbis. During World War II he was active in the resistance movement, and after 1945 he was engaged at the Ministry of Information.

Work

poetry:

  • Sepie (1927)
  • Kohout plaší smrt (1930)
  • Tvář (1931)
  • Hořec (1933)
  • Dělnice (1934)
  • Staré ženy (1935)
  • Dokořán (1936)
  • Torzo naděje (1938)
  • Naše paní Božena Němcová (1940)
  • Ladění (1942)
  • Já se tam vrátím (1947)
  • V řadě (1948)
gollark: My mine was last used 122 minutes ago. Initiating Protocol Sigma. ~~WARNING ALERT: THIS WAS WRONG ÅAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~~WARNING ALERT ALERT: THIS ~~MAY HAVE BEEN~~ hopefully was/is RIGHT
gollark: Furnace: convert 1 iron ore to 1 iron.
gollark: !roll d6
gollark: !roll d6
gollark: I am going to mine nonfuel in mines 1, 2 and 3.

References
  • Bohuš Balajka: Přehledné dějiny literatury II. Prague: Fortuna, 2005. ISBN 80-7168-781-2


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