Josef Barák

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Josef Barák

Josef Barák (born January 26, 1833 in Prague , † November 15, 1883 there ) was a Czech politician, journalist and poet.

From 1857 he published his first poems. He belonged to the literary group Májovci , in whose almanac his first works also appeared. He was also one of the organizers of the Czech national movement , so he was a co-founder of the Sokol gymnastics movement , artist talks ( Umělecká beseda ) and numerous student groups.

His main occupation was journalism. In 1857 he became editor of the Prager Morgenpost and after the establishment of the first Czech-language newspapers in the 1860s, he headed the magazine Freiheit (Svoboda). With Jan Neruda he represented the new plebeian democratic radicalism , a legacy of the radical democrats of the uprising from 1848 to 1849. He took on the problems of the working population and took part in their actions. He became a popular and recognized personality, who is now only known in specialist circles.

Since the beginning of the 1860s, he was monitored by the police for his political activity and was tried several times.

In 1871 he was elected editor of the newly founded workers 'newspaper Dělnické listy (workers ' papers ). After arguments with the Social Democrats in the editorial office, he left them again in August 1872. October 1, 1874, he took the position of editor-in-chief of the newspaper Nationalblatt ( Národní listy ), at that time the largest and most influential Czech- language newspaper.

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SURNAME Barák, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaroslav Zásmucký
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech politician, journalist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1883
Place of death Prague