Jaroslav Kvapil (poet)
Jaroslav Kvapil (born September 25, 1868 in Chudenice , † January 10, 1950 in Prague ) was a Czech poet and theater dramaturge.
Life
Kvapil passed the Abitur at the secondary school in Pilsen , initially studied medicine, but then switched to philology and law. In 1894 he married the Czech actress Hana Kubešová , who cemented his love for the theater. In 1900 he became a dramaturge at the National Theater in Prague , six years later the main director and in 1912 the head of the theater. After the death of his wife, things became quiet around Kvapil.
During the First World War , he joined the artistic group that opposed the Austrian monarchy . At his suggestion, the Czech writers' manifesto was drawn up in 1917, in which they called for national independence. After the war, Kvapil worked for a short time in the ministry, but soon returned to the theater and took over the management of the Divadlo na Vinohradech .
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His first poems appeared in 1888 in the magazine "Světozor". Three years later he became a theater and literary advisor for the newspaper “Hlas národa!”, Then switched to “Národní listy” and took the position of editor in “Zlatá Praha”.
After moving to the National Theater, over time he grew into one of the most important personalities in the house. On the three hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare's death , he staged a monumental cycle of his plays. As a director, he has also managed to implement the most demanding theater productions in the world.
He also wrote his own works in which he combined neo-romantic symbolism with national fairy tale poetry. The most successful were Princezna Pampeliška (Princess Pusteblume) and the libretto to Antonín Dvořák's opera Rusalka .
Kvapil was a member of the Freemasons Association .
Individual evidence
- ^ Tajné společenství v Čechách - zednáři (Secret Societies in Bohemia Freemasons) ( Czech ) Homepage of the ČT24 transmitter . Retrieved November 18, 2012.
literature
- J. Borecký: Jaroslav Kvapil , Prague 1918
- Hermann Bahr : Jaroslav Kvapil. Letters, texts, documents , edited by Kurt Ifkovits with the assistance of Hana Blahová. Bern, Vienna, New York: Peter Lang 2007 (interactions, 11)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jaroslav Kvapil in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Jaroslav Kvapil (poet) in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- bibliography
- Filmography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kvapil, Jaroslav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech poet and dramaturge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chudenice |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1950 |
| Place of death | Prague |