Josef Knap, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Josef Knap

Czech poet and author

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1900

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

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1973

Profession: writer, poet, translator, literary critic, children's writer, linguist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Josef Knap

  • Josef Knap (28 July 1900 – 13 December 1973) was a Czech writer, poet and literary critic. Born in Podulší by Jicín, Knap studied at the Classical Grammar school until 1919.
  • He graduated from the College of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague in 1924, with a degree in modern literature.
  • During World War I and World War II, he traveled throughout Europe visiting countries including Germany, Sweden, Norway, Italy and France.
  • From 1925 he worked in the theater department of the National Museum of Czechoslovakia.
  • He stayed there until 1951, eventually becoming the museum's administrator.
  • His time there was interrupted by the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, which he spent in Arbeitsansatz. Because of theological themes in his work, Knap became a victims of the political persecution of Catholic intellectuals by the Communist government in the 1950s.
  • In 1952, he was condemned without any evidence to eleven years in prison, but was released early in 1955 (he was pardoned in 1967 during a brief period of political freedom).
  • After his release he worked as a building laborer, and later in the Memorial of National Literature.
  • In the 1960s, he focused on the history of theater groups.
  • Based on his work in this area, he published Umelcové na pouti (Czech Traveling artists) in 1961. Knap died in Prague and is buried in Železnice by Jicín.
  • In 1997, his memoirs were published under the name Bez poslední kapitoly (Czech Without the last chapter).

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