Bedřich Václavek

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Bedřich Václavek

Bedřich Václavek (pseudonyms: P. Bok; L. Čivrný ) (born January 10, 1897 in Čáslavice , Austria-Hungary ; † March 5, 1943 in Auschwitz ) was a Czech literary critic and theorist.

Life

After graduating from high school in Třebíč in 1915 , he served in the army until the end of the First World War . From 1918 to 1923 Václavek studied at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague Bohemian and German studies . In 1922 he went to Berlin and studied theater studies and journalism there. From 1923 he taught for a year at the state secondary school in Staré Brno , after which he took over the post of librarian in the state and university library in Brno. In 1933 he was transferred to the university library in Olomouc because of his membership in left-wing political groups . In 1939 he completed his habilitation on literacy and folk tradition without confirmation from the Ministry of Education. In 1940 he went underground, was captured in 1942 and, after being imprisoned in the Pankraz prison , transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp .

person

Václavek was a staunch Marxist , a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1925 , supported strikes and worked in the avant-garde group Levá fronta (Left Front) from 1932 to 1933 . Artistically and organizationally he made a name for himself as an editor in various magazines and by participating in the International Conference of Proletarian, Revolutionary Writers in Kharkov. From 1923 to 1924 he was chairman of the Brno Writers ' Union Devětsil .

Teaching

Bedřich Václavek was one of the greatest critics and theorists of avant-garde art and Czech Marxism literature. He looked at aesthetics, literary criticism, folk culture and history from the perspective of a Marxist. At first he belonged to the theorists of the avant-garde, but later turned to poetism and constructivism . In the 1930s he advocated synthetic and dynamic views of socialist realism as a synthesis of avant-garde and proletarian art with active relationships with life. He also devoted himself to noetic questions in art.

Reference books

  • Od umění k tvorbě, 1928, 1949
  • Poetry v rozpacích, 1930
  • Česká literatura XX. století, 1935, 1947, 1974
  • Tvorbou k realitě, 1937, 1946
  • Písemnictví a lidová tradice, 1938, 1947
  • Lidová slovesnost v českém vývoji literárním, 1940
  • Deset týdnů, 1946, 1958
  • O české písni lidové a zlidovělé, 1950
  • Tvorba a společnost, 1961
  • Literární studie a podobizny, 1962
  • O lidové písni a slovesnosti, 1963
  • Knihy z Ruska ao Rusku, 1965
  • Tradice a modernost, 1973
  • Kritické stati z třicátých let, 1975
  • Juvenilie, 1978
  • Ruská revoluce a literatura, 1980
  • Tvorba a skutečnost, 1980
  • Korespondence Bedřich Václavek s Hanou Humlovou, 1983.

Collective works

  • Společenské vlivy v životě a díle KH Máchy , Torzo a tajemství Máchova díla, 1938
  • SSSR v československé poezii, 1936
  • České písně kramářské, (co-author Robert Smetana), 1937, 1949
  • Všemu navzdory (under the pseudonym P. Bok), 1938
  • Český národní zpěvník, (co-author Robert Smetana), 1940, 1949
  • Historie utěšené a kratochvilné, 1941 (pseudonym L. Čivrný), 1950
  • Český listář, 1949
  • Kniha satir, (co-author D. Šajner), 1949
  • České světské písně zlidovělé, (co-author Robert Smetana), 1955.

Translations

biography

  • Ludvík Svoboda : Bedřich Václavek jako sociolog literatury, 1947
  • Jiří Taufer: O Bedřich Václavek, 1957
  • Květoslav Chvatík: Bedřich Václavek a vývoj české marxistické estetiky, 1962

See also

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Václavek, Bedřich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vaclavek, Bedrich; Bok, P .; Čivrný, L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech literary critic and theorist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Čáslavice
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1943
Place of death Auschwitz concentration camp