Václav Hladík

Vaclav Hladik ( born August 22, 1868 in Prague, † April 29, 1913 ) was a Czech writer, journalist and translator.

Life

Hladik studied at the grammar school and the Czech Academy of Commerce in Prague, came in 1887 when Zivnostenská banka as an employee of a. In 1891, he joined as an editor for the newspaper Národní politika. 1899 to 1906 he headed the magazine Lumír, frequently traveled to Paris, England, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Germany. In 1908 he was awarded by the President Gold Medal for services to Czech- French encounters.

Works

In addition to naturalistic stories and novels of the better Prague Society he translated mainly works by French writer Alphonse Daudet and Guy de Maupassant. He longed to know the modern Czech nation to understand its Prague society. It was coined here by French and naturalistic school.

Publications

• Z Lepší společnosti, description of the Prague Life ( 1892)
• Z Pražského ovzduší (1894 )
• Treti láska, Roman ( 1895)
• Ze samot a společnosti, three modern histories, travel sketches (1899 )
• Samoty
• Trest, Roman ( 1901)
• Vášeň a síla, Roman ( 1902)
• Závrať, Drama (1902 ), which was premiered in the same year at the National Theatre in Prague.
• Evžen Voldán, two-part novel (1905 )
• Valentinovy ​​zeny (1906 )
• Vlnobití, Short Stories ( 1908)
• O současné Francii, listy z PARIZE a Vzpomínky (1894-1907) (1909 )