Jindřich Šimon Baar
Jindřich Šimon Baar , also Heinrich Simon Baar , pseudonym Jan Psohlavý (born February 7, 1869 in Klentsch , † October 24, 1925 ibid) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer. He is considered a representative of realism in country prose.
Life
Baar attended high school in Domažlice from 1880 to 1888 . After graduating from high school, he entered a seminary in Prague and was ordained a priest in 1892. He worked in some places as a clergyman and in this function tried to reform the church, first as a chaplain from 1892 to 1894 in Přimda , then until 1895 in Spálené Poříčí , then in Stochov , Únětice , then in the years 1895 to 1897 in Ořech .
From 1899 to 1909 he worked in Klobuky near Slaný and had a new rectory built. He then returned to Ořech as a pastor from 1909 to 1919 .
In 1919 Jindřich Šimon Baar was retired and returned to his place of birth. His descriptions of life in the villages were particularly successful with the Czechs living in the USA .
Works
- From the Realm of Dreams (1988)
- 1900: Cestou křížovou
- 1905: Pro kravičku
- 1906: Farská panička
- 1908: Farské historky
- 1908: Johann Cimbura: A South Bohemian Idyll ( Jan Cimbura ) - German translation: Josef Blau (1941)
- 1922: Chodské povídky a pohádky
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The Chod Trilogy (Czech Chodská trilogy )
- 1923: Paní komisarka
- 1924: Osmačtyřicátníci
- 1925: Lůsy
Film adaptations
- 1938: Cestou křížovou - director: Jiří Slavíček
- 1941: Jan Cimbura - Director: František Čáp
- Based on the novel Paní komisarka:
- 1954: Muzikanti - Director: Václav Vorlíček
- 1975: Vlcí halír (TV movie) - directed by Jaroslav Novotný
literature
- Marie Tauerová: Jindřich Šimon Baar. Průvodce jeho životem a dílem . Unpublished manuscript. Archive: Moravská zemská knihovna (Brno), sign .: RKP2-0483.537.
- Baar Jindrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 40.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jindřich Šimon Baar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Jindřich Šimon Baar in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Jindřich Šimon Baar and Klenčí pod Čerchovem / Klentsch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baar, Jindřich Šimon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jan Psohlavý |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech priest and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klenčí pod Čerchovem |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1925 |
| Place of death | Klenčí pod Čerchovem |