Bedřich Fučík
Bedřich Fučík (pseudonym Václav Horák ; born January 4, 1900 in Čáslavice near Třebíč , † July 2, 1984 in Prague ) was a Czech literary critic, editor and translator.
Life
After graduating from high school in Třebíč in 1920, Fučík studied comparative literature at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University and wrote his doctoral thesis in 1927. After that he was editor of the literary monthly magazine Tvar (Form) until 1931 . In 1928 he became secretary and a year later until 1939 director of the Melantrich publishing house . Until 1943 he was editor-in-chief of the publishing house Josef Richard Vilímek.
In 1945 he became the presiding director of the Czech Book Publishing and Trading Association. After 1948 he worked as a proofreader in the Vyšehrad publishing house. He was arrested in 1951 and sentenced to fifteen years in prison a year later after a show trial. The discharge followed after the great amnesty in 1960. It was not until 1967 that full rehabilitation took place.
Bedřich Fučík was married to the translator Jitka Fučíková .
Works
Fučík is one of the Catholic literary critics whose criticism was directed against the avant-garde art of the proletarian revolution. As editor he organized, among other things, the work of František Xaver Šalda and a number of publications by the Bohemian Catholic group.
He also wrote numerous newspaper articles and essays. Fučík also worked as a translator.
Web links
- Literature by and about Bedřich Fučík in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fučík, Bedřich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Václav Horák (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech literary critic, editor and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Čáslavice near Třebíče |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1984 |
| Place of death | Prague |