Jan Čarek

Jan Čarek (29 December 1898, in Heřmaň, Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic – 27 March 1966, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech poet, essayist, and literary critic. He was greatly popular in his day for his children's books a "rural" poetry.

Jan Čarek

A funerary urn of Jan Čarek placed in the wall of his birthplace church in Heřmaň in South Bohemian Region.

Biography

From 1910 to 1918 he studied at the gymnasium in Písek. He was initially working as a railway clerk. Since 1946 he started his professional writer career.

Since the 1920s he regularly published his works in a number of Czech literary magazines. After 1948 he devoted himself almost exclusively to children's literature.

Works
  • Vojna, 1920
  • Chudá rodina z Heřmaně, 1924
  • Temno v chalupách, 1926
  • Smutný život, 1929
  • Tři baldy o válce, 1934
  • Hvězdy na nebi, 1934
  • Balada o Kýrovi, 1934
  • Všechny chalupy,. 1936
  • Tváří k vesnici, 1938
  • Svatozář, 1939
  • Devítiocasá kočka, 1936
  • Básně rolníků, 1939
  • Temno v chalupách, 1941
  • O životě a literatuře, 1941
  • Maminka, 1941
  • V zemi české, 1942
  • Na špičku nože, 1943
  • Železná panna, 1946
  • Mezi dvěma ohni, 1947
  • Dopis na věčnost, 1947
  • Ráj domova, 1948
  • Jan Opolský, 1949
  • Heřmaň, 1952
  • Zvířátka – naši přátelé, 1953
  • Zlatý dětský věk, 1953
  • Bajky o nástrojích, 1953
  • Radost nad radost, 1954
  • Náš jeden rok, 1954
  • Máš rád stromy? 1954
  • Co si povídaly stroje, 1955
  • Ovoce, ovoce na naší zahrádce, 1957
  • Co zvířátka dovedou, 1957
  • Bylo – nebylo, 1957
  • Veselý věneček, 1958
  • Svíce potěšení, 1958
  • Dobrý den, zvířátka, 1958
  • Od jehly k mašinkám, 1960
  • Kreslíme rozprávku k medvídkovej chalúpke, 1960
  • O veselé mašince, 1961
  • Na polane, na lúke, 1961
  • Kolo radovánek, 1961
  • Dve mašinky, 1961
  • Farby, farbičky, 1962
  • 10 kuriatok, 1963
  • Políčko, pole, 1963
  • Nejkrásnější zvířátko, 1963
  • Cose to děje? 1965
  • Čarokruh, 1971
  • Motýlí čas, 1978
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