Albert Pražák

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Albert Pražák (born June 11, 1880 in Chroustovice , Bohemia , † September 19, 1956 in Prague ) was a Czech philologist and literary historian.

Life

Prazak studied Slavic Studies and Philology at the University of Prague . From 1906 to 1914 he worked as a professor at several Prague high schools. In World War I he fought on the Serbian and Russian fronts. After the war, he entered the civil service and worked at the Ministry of Education. In 1921 he again accepted a professorship, this time at the University of Bratislava , as a professor of Bohemian and Slovak literary history. In 1924 he became a member of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts and, from 1926, participated in the establishment of the Schafariks Schafariks ( Učená spoločnosť Šafárikova ) in Bratislava . At this he worked as general secretary for eight years. At the university he was appointed dean and later rector. In his role, he set up a Slovak seminary and library.

In 1933 he returned to Prague as a professor of Czech literary history, after increasingly clashes with Slovak nationalists. In the following years he was active in other associations and institutions. These included the Advisory Board for Exploring Slovakia and Carpathian Ukraine , the Slavic Institute, the Czech Research Council and the Prague Artists' Club. He was a co-founder of the Literary History Association and the Institute for Czech Literature.

In May 1945 he was chairman of the Czech National Council .

Works

Prazak wrote scientific works that mostly dealt with literature and its history. He published his first work during his studies at the Charles University in Prague . Some books deal with the national rebirth of the Czechs. He has also written textbooks and monographs on the Czech writers Karel Hynek Mácha , Jan Neruda and Jaroslav Vrchlický .

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SURNAME Pražák, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech philologist and literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Chroustovice
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1956
Place of death Prague