Václav Beneš Třebízský

Václav Beneš Třebízský ( born February 27, 1849 in Třebíz, † June 20, 1884 in Marianske Lazne ) was a Czech writer and Catholic priest.

Life

As the son of a tailor in Třebíz in Slany, he studied in Slany and Prague. In 1875 he was ordained a priest and worked initially in Liteň in Beroun, then from 1876 in Klecany in Prague. He died of tuberculosis. His name still bears the high school in Slany.

Works

His novels are similar to that of Alois Jirásek, but are historically accurate. His favorite subject was the time of the Hussites, he devotes himself but also other periods of Czech history up to the beginning of the 19th century. Many stories take place in the area in which he was born.

• Stray Souls ( Bludné duše ) is a novel set in the 18th century and although in the time of the revolt of 1775
• Queen Dagmar ( Dagmar Královna ) - the fate of Dagmar, daughter of the Bohemian King Vratislav I, who was later married to the Danish King Waldemar