Jan Karafiát

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Jan Karafiát

Jan Karafiát (born January 4, 1846 in Jimramov (Ingrowitz), † January 31, 1929 in Prague ) was a Czech-speaking pastor of the Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brothers , writer and publicist.

Life

Jan Karafiát came from the former Hungarian noble family the Karafiat, resident a. a. in Brno , Moravská Třebová and Jimramov in Moravia . He attended grammar school in Leitomischl and the Evangelisch Stiftische grammar school in Gütersloh and then studied Protestant theology in Berlin (1866–1867), Bonn (1867–1868) and Vienna (1866–1869). Then worked as an educator in Germany and Scotland (1871–1872), then vicar of the Reformed Church in Roudnice nad Labem , from 1872 to 1873 clergyman at the Evangelical Seminary in Čáslav , where he taught theology, pedagogy, didactics and the Czech language. From 1874 to 1895 he headed the parishes in Velká Lhota and Velké Meziříčí . After disputes with the evangelical church council in Vienna, he retired to Prague , was editor of the Reformované listy from 1896 to 1905 , wrote a Bible translation and wrote children's books.

Works (overview)

  • Jan Karafiát revised the Kralitz Bible after 1896 (Czech appeared in 1920 as Bible Králická ), in which he tried to keep the original language; an arrangement that was almost incomprehensible to laypeople. The language analysis and translation of the Kralitz New Testament appeared in the Czech language as early as 1878.
The beetles , illustrated by Vojtěch Preissig in 1902
  • His books for children were more successful. The book Die Käferchen (Broučci, 1876) has been published ninety times so far. The main character in this children's book is a small firefly with the characteristics of a human child and its life among the surrounding insects, a kind of allegory of human life that children can understand. He transferred the rights to this book to the Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brethren (Českobratrská církev evangelická).
  • From 1896 to 1905 Jan Karafiát in Prague published the Reformované listy , which appears every two months , for which he wrote articles in Czech about his biblical studies and sermons. He also published other theological works and stories anonymously.

Published in German from the estate

A "bug" on Karafiát's grave
  • Die Käferchen, Albatros Prague, 1994, 1st German edition, translation by Naďa and Paul Locher-Záleská, ISBN 8072640453

Published in the Sorbian language

  • Brunčki - Powjedančko za małe a wulke dźěći, translation by Adolf Černý, 1909

Children's books in Czech

  • Broučci: Pro malé i velké děti, 1876
  • Broučkova pozůstalost: 30 fairy tales (30 pohádek) - 1900, Písničky svobodného - 1900
  • Broučkovy pohádky a písničky, 1947
  • Kamarádi, 1873
  • Karafiátova čítanka, 1924

Religious literature

  • Kázání Jana Karafiáta, 1941
  • Křesťanské učení / Catechism Jana Karafiáta, 1876
  • Rozbor kralického Nového zákona co do řeči a překladu, 1878
  • Šestnáctero pražských kázání, 1905

Historical books

  • Mistr Jan Hus , 1872
  • Doba Jimramovská, 1919

Other publications

  • Na školách ještě vyšších, 1922
  • Na školách středních a vysokých, 1921

memoirs

  • Paměti spisovatele Broučků
  • Doba práce A: Dvacet let na Valašsku, 1923
  • Doba práce B: Přes třicet let v Praze, 1928
  • Z dopisů spisovatele Broučků Jana Karafiáta z let 1869-1899, 1934

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SURNAME Karafiát, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karafiat, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech Protestant pastor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Jimramov
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1929
Place of death Prague