Alois Jirásek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alois Jirásek

Czech writer

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1851

Place of Birth: Hronov, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1930

Profession: writer, historian, playwright, pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Alois Jirásek (Czech pronunciation: ['alojs 'j?ra?s?k]) (August 23, 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – March 12, 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays.
Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in 1909.
He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice.
He was close to many important Czech personalities like M.Aleš, J.V.
Sládek, K.V.
Rais or Z.J.
Nejedlý.
He attended an art club in Union Cafe with them.
He worked as a redactor in Zvon magazine and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1918, 1919, 1921 and 1930.



Alternative names	Jan Vilimek
Description	Austrian-Czechoslovak portrait painter
Date of birth/death	1 January 1860	15 April 1938
Location of birth/death	Žamberk	Vienna
Work location	Prague, Vienna
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