Jindřich Šimon Baar

Jindřich Šimon Baar Czech pronunciation  (February 7, 1869, Klenčí pod Čerchovem – October 24, 1925, Klenčí pod Čerchovem) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose. He joined the Czech Catholic modern style, but later severed the ties with that movement.[1] As writer, he emphasized traditional moral values of the countryside.

Fr. Jindřich Šimon Baar
Born(1869-02-07)February 7, 1869
Klenčí pod Čerchovem, Czech Republic
DiedOctober 24, 1925(1925-10-24) (aged 56)
Klenčí pod Čerchovem, Czech Republic
OccupationPriest, Author
GenreNovels

Born into a peasant family, he did religious studies and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1892. As a priest, he strived, unsuccessfully, for reforms in the church.

Works

Among his novels are:

  • Cestou křížovou (1900) – the first fruit, autobiographic description of the uneasy life as a reform priest
  • Pro kravičku (1905)
  • Farská panička (1906)
  • Farské historky (1908)
  • Jan Cimbura (1908) – highly idealized depiction of peasant life
  • historical trilogy: Paní komisarka (1923), Osmačtyřicátníci (1924) and Lůsy (1925)

He also published several short stories and collections of fairy tales.

See also

References
  1. ed. Věra Menclová, Václav Vaněk (2005). Slovník českých spisovatelů (in Czech). Prague: Libri. p. 55. ISBN 80-7277-179-5.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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