Lumír

Lumír was a Czech literary magazine that was imposed from 1851 to 1866 and was named after a Czech legendary figure. It was edited by Ferdinand Břetislav Mikovec and from 1863 Vítězslav Hálek. At this time she already was called " Golden Prague " ( Zlata Praha).

Another magazine of the same name appeared since 1898. It was a periodic factory for literature and art, a common plant of the so-called Lumírovci and Česká moderna, editorially led by Vaclav Hladik. Owner of the publishing company was J. Otto. Initially worked with František Xaver Šalda and his students.

The magazine initially appeared three times a month, only in the years 1900-1901 it was issued weekly. For major changes occurred on October 15, 1904, when Hladik undertook a change in a monthly magazine for literature, art and public life. On November 12 1905 Jaroslav Vlcek joined the editorial staff. On 11 December 1905, the literary club Umělecká Beseda Lumír announced its new official organ. On September 8, 1907 Viktor Dyk took over the editorship in 1911 joined the editorial Jaroslav Kamper at.

Through his involvement Lumír official official organ of the circle Czech writer was ( Kruh českých spisovatelů ). Now enrolled younger writers for the magazine, if they were not members of the group Novina or Moderní Revue. During the First World War Lumír reached a top position, with regular contributions by anti-Austrian Dyk, Otakar Theer, Petr Křička, Arne Novák, who also tried to capture the feeling of the Czech nation.

After the death of the magazine from the editorial team Dyk Zdeněk Kalista, Rudolf Medek, Karel Sezima, František Skácelík was conducted. 1928 sold Ota Verlag magazine to Knihovna Lumíra. 1934 edited Hanus Jelinek As senior editor, with Kalista, Medek and editorial staff Stepan Jež Jan Opolský, and other editorial staff.

The magazine was discontinued in 1940.

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