List of Czech writers

Well-known Czech authors:

A.

Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer and writer of humanism
Richard Adamík (1867–1952), doctor and moral idealist
Michal Ajvaz (* 1949), prose writer, poet, essayist and translator
František Albert (1856–1923), doctor, storyteller, journalist and translator
Michal Altrichter (* 1965), religious scientist and priest
Karel Slavoj Amerling , also Karl Slavomil Amerling , pseudonym Slavoj Strnad Klatovský (1807-1884), educator, writer and philosopher
Hana Androníková (1967–2011), writer
Jakub Arbes (1840–1914), journalist and writer
Ludvík Aškenazy (1921–1986), writer, playwright and screenwriter
Josef Augusta (paleontologist) (1903–1968), Czech paleontologist

B.

Jindřich Šimon Baar (1869–1925), Catholic priest and writer, representative of realism
Alena Bahníková (* 1948), translator
Bohuslav Balbín (1621–1688), Jesuit, man of letters, historian, geographer and patriot
Josef Barák (1833–1883), politician, journalist and poet
František Michálek Bartoš (1889–1972), historian
Bartošek z Drahonic (1380–1443), Bohemian chronicler
Věra Bartošková (* 1946) poet and publicist
Eduard Bass (1888–1946), writer, journalist, singer, actor, reciter, emcee and copywriter
Jan Bašta (1860–1936), engineer and researcher
Otakar Batlička (1895–1942), radio amateur, globetrotter , writer and resistance fighter

Jiří Baum (1900–1944), zoologist, globetrotter and writer

Marie Bayerová (1922–1997), translator of German-language works and philosopher

Jan František Beckovský (1658–1725), writer, historian, translator and priest

Kamil Bednář (1912–1972), poet and translator, prose writer, playwright and publisher's editor

Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884), writer and Catholic priest

Božena Benešová (1873–1936), writer

František Běhounek (1898–1973), physicist and writer

Zdenka Bergrová (1923–2008), poet and translator of Russian literature

Karel Berka (1923-2004), Czech philosopher

Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), poet

Konstantin Biebl (1898–1951), poet

Ivan Binar (* 1942), writer and translator

Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571), humanistic writer and composer

Ivan Blatný (1919–1990), poet

Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet, author, theater critic and dramaturge

Vratislav Blažek (1925–1973), dramaturge and film scenarist, songwriter

Vladimír Blucha (* 1932), historian, worked a. a. with the history of the city of Krnov

Karel Bodlák (1903–1989), literary critic, poet and teacher.

Pavel Bojar (1919–1999), poet and novelist ↑ Slovník české literatury po roce 1945 - Pavel BOJAR (in Czech)

Anna Bolavá (* 1981), writer

Egon Bondy (1930–2007), poet and philosopher

Hanuš Bonn (1913–1941), poet, literary critic and translator of prosaic publications by primitive peoples

Petr Borkovec (* 1970), poet, translator and culture editor

Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856), poet, prose writer, literary critic, translator, politician and journalist

Zuzana Brabcová (1959–2015), writer

Jiří Brabec (* 1929), literary critic and historian

Adolf Branald (1910–2008), writer

Alfons Breska (1873–1946), poet and translator

Bedřich Bridel , also Fridrich Bridelius (1619–1680), writer and Jesuit missionary Societas Jesu

Antonín Brousek (1941–2013), poet and literary critic

Josef Brukner (1932–2015), writer, translator and screenwriter

Otokar Březina , also Václav Jebavý (1868–1929), poet

Václav Budovec z Budova (1551–1621), politician, diplomat and writer

Emil František Burian (1904–1959), composer and dramaturge

Marek Bydžovský z Florentýna (1540–1612), historian, astronomer, mathematician, scholar and humanist

C.

Vojtěch Cach (1914–1980), writer and playwright
Jan Campanus Vodňanský , also Iohannes Campanus Vodnianus , Jan z Vodňan or Johann Campanus von Wodnan (1572–1622), writer
Jan Čapek (-), writer and clergyman
Josef Čapek (1887–1945), painter, draftsman, graphic artist, photographer and writer
Karel Čapek (1890–1938), writer
Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (1860–1927), writer and journalist, advocate of naturalism
František Josef Čečetka (1871–1942), writer of historical novels and dramas for young people
Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908), poet, prose writer, journalist and globetrotter
František Ladislav Čelakovský , also Marcian Hromotluk (1799–1852), poet and translator
Jan Čep (1902–1973), writer and translator of Catholic-oriented works
Jan Černý (around 1456–1530), doctor and priest of the Brethren University
Jan Černý-Nigranus , also Jan Niger de Praga (1500 / 1510–1565), historian, priest, administrator and bishop of the Brothers' Union
Václav Černý (1905–1987), literary researcher and translator
Miroslav Červenka (1932–2005), poet, translator and literary scholar
Petr Chelčický (1390–1460), spiritual father of the Czech Brethren
Josef Krasoslav Chmelenský (1800–1839), writer
Lenka Chytilová (* 1952), poet and representative of a current of lonely runners
Matouš Collinus z Chotěřiny , also Matouš Collinus z Chotěřiny (1516–1566), teacher and writer
David Crinitus z Hlavačova (1531–1586), writer and poet

D.

Mikuláš Dačický z Heslova (1555–1626), writer and nobleman
Dalimil († after 1315), chronicler
Oldřich Daněk (1927–2000), playwright, writer, director and screenwriter
Johanna J. Danis (1922–2014), psychologist and writer
Jakub Deml (1878–1961), priest, poet and writer
Radka Denemarková (* 1968), writer, literary historian, screenwriter and translator
Karel Dewetter (1882–1962), poet and writer
Ivan Diviš (1924–1999), poet
Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829), philologist and Slavist
Jan Drda (1915–1970), prose writer and playwright
Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962), prose writer, poet, playwright, publicist, Roman Catholic theologian and military doctor
Václav Dušek (* 1944), prose writer and screenwriter
Marie Dušková (1903–1968), poet
Viktor Dyk (1877–1931), poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and lawyer
Stanislav Dvorský (* 1940), poet, essayist

E.

Vratislav Effenberger (1923–1986), surrealist poet, literary theorist
Karel Eichler (1845–1918), priest of the Roman Catholic Church, musician and writer
Karel Engliš (1880–1961), economist, political scientist and founder of teleological economic theory.
Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870), writer, poet, translator, literary historian and collector of Czech folk tales
Václav Erben (1930–2003), journalist and writer
Karla Erbová (* 1933), poet

F.

Fa Presto (actually Karel Mašek , 1867–1922), poet and writer
Hanuš Fantl (1917–1942), poet
Ladislav Fikar (1920–1975), writer and translator
Eduard Fiker (1902–1961), writer, translator and scenarioist
Ota Filip (1930–2018), German and Czech-speaking writer
Otokar Fischer (1883–1938), translator, literary scholar and dramaturge
Daniela Fischerová (* 1948), playwright and prose writer
Viktor Fischl (1912–2006), poet, prose writer and publicist
Josef Florian (1873–1941), writer
Miroslav Florian (1931–1996), poet and translator
František Flos (1884–1961), teacher, playwright, translator and writer, representative of realism
Jaroslav Foglar (1907–1999), author of 20th century books for young people , head of the scouting department Jestřáb (Habicht)
Josef Frais (1946–2013), writer
Pavel Francouz (1932–1995), writer
Jiří Frejka (1904–1952), director and theater theorist
Alberto Vojtěch Frič (1882–1944), cactus collector and plant hunter
Josef Václav Frič (1829–1890), writer, journalist and politician, representative of Romanticism
Norbert Frýd (1913–1976), writer and publicist
Bedřich Fučík (1900–1984), literary critic, editor and translator
Julius Fučík (1903–1943), writer, journalist and communist cultural politician
Ladislav Fuks (1923-1994), novelist and author of psychological novels, which is mainly concerned with the fascism apart translated
Zdena Frýbová (1934–2010), writer and journalist

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František Gel , also František Feigel (1901–1972), journalist, radio presenter, writer and translator
František Gellner (1881–1914), poet, anarchist, prose writer, painter and caricaturist
Jarmila Glazarová , married Podivínská (1901–1977), writer
Emilián Božetěch Glocar (1906–1985), priest, painter and writer
František Götz (1894–1974), literary historian, critic, dramaturge, translator and speaker of the Literární skupina
Jaroslav Goll (1846–1929), historian
Hermann Grab , also Hermann Grab z Hermannswörthu (1903–1949), Catholic writer and musician
Jan Grossman (1925–1993), theater director, literary and theater critic
Jiří Gruša (1938–2011), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic and politician

H

Václav Hájek , also Wenceslaus Hajek von Libotschan , Wenceslai Hagecii or Wenceslai Hagek a Liboczan († 1553), chronicler of the Middle Ages
František Halas (1901–1949), poet
Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874), poet, writer, dramaturge and journalist
Petr Halmay (* 1958), poet
Václav Hanka , also Váceslav Váceslavič (1791–1861), writer
Jiří Hanzelka (1920–2003), travel book author
Christoph Harant Freiherr von Polschitz and Weseritz , also Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic (1564–1621), nobleman, diplomat and composer
Bohuslaus Lobkowicz von Hassenstein , also Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic (1462–1510), humanist, statesman, legal scholar and poet
Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), writer
Jarmila Hašková (1887–1931), journalist and prose writer
Lenka Hašková (* 1923), writer
Jiřina Hauková (1919–2005), poet and translator
Jiří Haussmann (1898–1923), writer and poet
Václav Havel (1936–2011), writer and politician
Jaroslav Havlíček (1896–1943), writer
Karel Havlíček Borovský , birth name Karel Havlíček (1821–1856), poet, prose writer, literary critic, translator, politician and journalist
Zbyněk Havlíček (1922–1969), surrealist poet, theorist, translator
Jindřich Heisler (1914–1953), surrealist poet, visual artist
Zbyněk Hejda (1930–2013), historian, publishing editor, translator and poet
František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847) patriot, poet and publicist
Jan Herben (1857–1936), politician, journalist, writer and historian
Iva Hercíková (1935–2007), writer and dramaturge
Ignát Herrmann , also Vojta Machatý or Švanda (1854–1935), writer, humorist and editor
Adolf Heyduk (1835–1923), poet
Jaroslav Hilbert (1871–1936), playwright, prose writer, theater critic, publicist and memoir writer
Josef Hiršal (1920–2003), poet and translator
Václav Hladík (1868–1913), poet and translator
Karel Hlaváček (1874–1898), poet and visual artist
Šebestián Hněvkovský (1770–1847), popular educator and poet
Vladimír Holan (1905–1980), poet
Josef Holeček (1853–1929), writer, representative of realism and country prose, translator and journalist
Miroslav Holub (1923–1998), poet and doctor
Josef Hora (1891–1945), poet, translator and literary critic
Miroslav Horníček (1918–2003), actor, writer, director, visual artist and theater theorist
Alexandr Hořejší , Jan Alda (1901–1970), poet and translator
Jindřich Hořejší (1886–1941), poet and translator
Otakar Hostinský (1847–1910), aesthetician and musicologist, literary critic and art theorist
Egon Hostovský (1908–1973), writer
Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997), writer
Václav Hrabě (1940–1965), poet, prose writer and representative of the Beat Generation
František Hrubín (1910–1971), writer, poet
Řehoř Hrubý z Jelení (1460–1514), writer, translator and humanist
Zikmund Hrubý z Jelení , also Sigismund Gelenius (1497–1554), writer and philologist
Petr Hruška (* 1964), poet and literary scholar
Petra Hůlová (* 1979), writer
Jan Hus (1369–1415), reformer, priest and scholar
Karel Hynek (1925–1953), surrealist poet
Hynek mladši z Poděbrad (1452–1492), imperial prince, Duke of Münsterberg, Count von Glatz, diplomat and writer

J

Václav Jamek (* 1949), writer and translator

Jakoubek ze Stříbra , also Jakob von Mies and Jacobellus von Mies (1372–1429), priest and writer

Jan Jakubec (1862–1936), historian and critic

Zdeněk Janík (* 1923), poet

Filip Jánský (1922–1987), writer

Jan Urban Jarník (1848–1923), philologist, translator and Romanist

Čestmír Jeřábek (1893–1981), writer, dramaturge and literary critic

Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), journalist, writer and translator

Jan z Jenštejna (1350–1400), Bishop of Meissen, Archbishop of Prague, author of religious writings in Latin

Valentin Bernard Jestřábský (1630–1719), Roman Catholic priest and Baroque writer
Otto Ježek (1896–1957), poet
Peter Jilemnický (1901–1949), teacher
Miloš Jirko (1900–1961), editor, poet, librarian and translator
Alois Jirásek (1851–1930), writer and historian
Zdeněk Jirotka (1911–2003), writer and columnist
Ivan Martin Jirous (1944–2011), poet, critic and art historian
Jaromír John (1882–1952), writer, journalist, university professor, art esthete and critic
Radek John (* 1954), publicist, writer and screenwriter
Emil Juliš (1920–2006), poet and artist
Josef Jungmann (1773–1847), poet and linguist, leading figure in the Czech national revival

K

Martin Kabátník (1428–1503), commoner, traveler, writer and member of the Brothers' Union
Felix Kadlinský (1613–1675), writer, translator and Jesuit
Josef Kainar (1917–1971), poet, dramaturge and translator
Josef Kaizl (1854–1901), Czech politician
Zdeněk Kalista (1900–1982) historian, poet, literary critic, editor and translator
Eva Kantůrková (* 1930), prose writer and dramaturge
Václav Kaplický (1895–1982), prose writer, publisher and epic poet
Siegfried Kapper (1820–1879), writer, translator and doctor of Jewish origin.
Jan Karafiát (1846–1929), Protestant pastor and writer
Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951), representative and supporter of decadence
Svatopluk Karásek (* 1942), Protestant pastor, songwriter and member of parliament
Egon Erwin Kisch (1885–1948), journalist and reporter
František Matouš Klácel (1808–1882), poet, journalist and philosopher, representative of the Bohemian-Moravian unity
Klaret (1320–1379), writer and doctor, canon
Antonín Klášterský (1866–1938), poet, translator, organizer of literary life and lawyer
Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859), writer and playwright.
Ivan Klíma (* 1931), writer
Ladislav Klíma (1878–1928), prose writer, playwright and poet, but above all a philosopher
Alexandr Kliment (1929–2017), prose writer, author of psychological novels and poet
Jiří Klobouk (* 1933), writer, scenarioist, cameraman and pianist
Karel Klostermann (1848–1923), writer
Josef Knap (1900–1973), writer, poet, literary critic
Karel Bohuš Kober (1849–1890), athlete and writer
Václav František Kocmánek (1607–1679), poet, writer and historian
Pavel Kohout (* 1928), writer and politician
Jiří Kolář (1914–2002), poet and visual artist
Kolda z Koldic (1265-1323), Dominican
Julius Komárek (1892–1955), professor of zoology
Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670), philosopher, theologian and educator
Mikuláš Konáč z Hodiškova (1480–1546), author, publisher, printer owner
Antonín Koniáš (1691–1760), Jesuit priest, missionary and religious writer
Karel Konrád (1899–1971), writer and journalist
Josef Kopta (1894–1962), writer and journalist
Viktorin Kornel ze Všehrd (1460–1520), writer, lawyer, master of the university and dean of the Prague University
Vladimír Körner (* 1939), screenwriter, dramaturge and writer
Karel Kosík (1926–2003), Marxist philosopher and literary theorist
Kosmas (1045–1125), chronicler of the Middle Ages
Josef Kostohryz (1907–1987), writer and translator
Jan Kozák (1921–1995), writer
František Kožík (1909–1997), writer, representative of Esperanto
Beneš Krabice z Weitmile († 1375 ), canon of the Prague cathedral chapter and court chronicler and head of the construction works of St. Vitus Cathedral
Václav Matěj Kramérius (1759–1808), writer and publisher
Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926), writer
Antonín Kratochvíl (1924–2004), writer and President of the PEN Club in Exile
Jiří Kratochvil (* 1940), writer
Jaroslav Kratochvíl (1885–1945), writer
Miloš Václav Kratochvíl (1904–1988), writer, screenwriter and dramaturge
Ivan Kraus (* 1939), puppeteer, writer and screenwriter
Eda Krisová (* 1940), journalist and writer
Karel Kryl (1944–1994), songwriter and poet
František Křelina (1903–1976), writer, poet, dramaturge and Christian educator
Jan Křesadlo (1926–1995), writer, poet, composer and science fiction author
Josef Štefan Kubín (1864–1965), ethnographer and writer
František Kubka (1894–1969), journalist, writer, poet and translator and politician
Ludvík Kundera (1920–2010), writer
Milan Kundera (* 1929), writer
Jiří Kulhánek (* 1967), author in the genre of sci-fi and fantasy literature
Jaroslav Kuťák (* 1956), writer and translator
Jaroslav Kvapil (1868–1950), poet, theater director and dramaturge

L.

Josef Lada (1887–1957), painter, illustrator and writer
Lenka Lanczová (* 1964), author of children's books

František Langer (1888–1965), writer and military doctor

Josef Jaroslav Langer (1806–1846), journalist and poet

Květa Legátová (1919–2012), writer

Jiří Levý (1926–1967), literary theorist and historian

Otakar Levý (1896–1946), literary historian and translator

Josef Linda (1792–1834), writer

Věra Linhartová (* 1938), sinologist, writer and art historian

František Listopad (1921–2017), journalist and writer

Šimon Lomnický z Budče (1552–1622), writer

Artur London (1915–1986), publicist, politician and diplomat

Emil Artur Longen (1885–1936), member of the Expressionist Association

Jarmila Loukotková (1923–2007), writer, dramaturge and translator

Věra Ludíková (* 1943), poet and writer

Luke of Prague (1460–1528), writer and theologian

Martin Lupáč († 1468), theologian

Prokop Lupáč z Hlavačova (1530–1587), poet, humanist and historian

Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011), writer and publicist

M.

Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836), main exponent of Czech romanticism

Josef Svatopluk Machar (1864–1942), poet

Miloš Macourek (1926–2002), poet and filmmaker

Jiří Mahen (1882–1939), poet, journalist and dramaturge

Marie Majerová (1882–1967), communist journalist and writer

Helena Malířová (1877–1940), writer, journalist and translator

Antonín Marek (1785–1877), writer and translator

Jiří Marek , also Josef Jiří Puchwein (1914–1994), author of socio-psychological novels

Michal Mareš (1893–1971), journalist, poet and columnist

Jaroslav Mareš (* 1937), writer, traveler

Jaroslav Maria (1870–1942), stage name of Jaroslav Mayer, Czech writer

Bohumil Markalous , pseudonym Jaromír John (1882–1952), writer, journalist and university professor

Vojtěch Martínek (1887–1960), writer, prose writer, poet, literary critic and publicist

Karel Mašek , pseudonym Fa Presto (1867–1922), poet

Matěj z Janova (1355–1394), priest

Jakub Matějův ze Soběslavi († 1415), scholar

Rudolf Mayer (1837–1865), poet, representative of the májovci generation

Rudolf Medek (1890–1940), writer and soldier

Alena Melicharová (* 1938), poet

Josef Merhaut (1863–1907), writer

František Daniel Merth (1915–1995), priest and poet

Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (1600–1676), poet and composer

Daniel Micka (* 1963), writer and translator

Ferdinand Břetislav Mikovec (1826–1862), theater critic and poet

Mikuláš z Pelhřimova (1385–1460), priest of the Taborites

Oldřich Mikulášek (1910–1985), poet

Jan Milíč z Kroměříže (around 1320–1374), priest

Karel Milota (1937–2002), poet and translator

Simona Monyová (1967–2011), writer

Jiří Morava (1932–2012), Czech-Austrian writer and literary historian

Jana Moravcová (1937–2018) poet, translator and writer

Jan Morávek (1888–1958), writer and journalist

Jaroslav Mostecký (* 1963), sci-fi author

Alois Mrštík (1861–1925), writer and dramaturge

Vilém Mrštík (1863–1912), writer and dramaturge

Jiří Mucha (1915–1991), writer

Ignatz Mühlwenzel (1690–1766), mathematician and university professor

Alois Musil (1868–1944) important orientalist, theologian, geographer, Arabist, explorer, known as the Musil of Arabia

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Milan Nápravník (1931–2017), surrealist poet, essayist, visual artist

Václav Bolemír Nebeský (1818–1882), writer

Ondřej Neff (* 1945), sci-fi author and journalist

Vladimír Neff (1909–1983), writer and translator

Jan Nejedlý (1776–1834), lawyer, philologist and writer of the national revival

Zdeněk Nejedlý (1878–1962), communist politician, historian, musicologist, critic and publicist

Božena Němcová (1820–1862), writer

Zdeněk Němeček (1894–1957), writer and dramaturge

Petra Neomillnerová (* 1970), book reviewer and science fiction writer

František Nepil (1929–1995), writer

Jan Neruda (1834–1891), journalist and writer

Josef Nesvadba (1926-2005), socialist poet

Stanislav Kostka Neumann (1875–1947), writer and publicist

Štěpán Neuwirth (* 1944), journalist

Vítězslav Nezval (1900–1958), writer

Arne Novák (1880–1939), literary critic and historian

Tereza Nováková (1853–1912), religious author

Karel Nový (1890–1980), journalist, writer

O

Ivan Olbracht (1882–1952), writer and journalist
Augustin Olomoucký (1467–1513), humanist writer
František Omelka (1904–1960), methodologist of the Czech language
Jiří Orten (1919–1941), poet
Jan Otčenášek (1924–1979), writer and television and film dramaturge

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František Palacký (1798–1876), historian and popular educator

Marian Palla (* 1953), writer and visual artist

Vladimír Páral (* 1932), writer

Ota Pavel Otto Popper (1930–1973), sports reporter and journalist

František Pavlíček (1923-2004), dramaturge

Halina Pawlowská (* 1955), publicist and dramaturge

Karel Pecka (1928–1997), narrator

Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833–1875), writer

František Martin Pelcl (1734–1801), historian and philologist

Ferdinand Peroutka (1895–1978), writer, dramaturge and publicist

Tomáš Pešina z Čechorodu (1629–1680), historian

Eduard Petiška (1924–1987), writer

Petr z Mladoňovic (1390-1451), preacher

Josef Peterka (* 1944), poet and literary theorist

Jiří Robert Pick (1925–1983), dramaturge

Bartoš Písař (1470–1535), historian and trader

Alexej Pludek (1923–2002), communist writer

Zdeněk Pluhař (1913–1991), writer

Hynek z Poděbrad (1452–1492), diplomat

Karel Poláček (1892–1945), journalist, writer

Jiří Polák (1948–2014), Czech-German writer, dramaturge, radio play and screenwriter

Milota Zdirad Polák (1788–1856), poet, teacher

Albert Pražák (1880–1956), literary historian

Oldřich Prefát z Vlkanova (1523–1565), mathematician, astronomer and author of travelogues

Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946), realism writer

Jan z Příbrami († 1448), theologian of the Hussites

Jan Procházka (1929–1971), prose writer

Lenka Procházková (* 1951), writer

Markéta Procházková (* 1963), poet

Václav Prokůpek (1891–1975), aesthetician , linguist and literary theorist
Petr Prouza (* 1944), journalist and writer
Karel Ptáčník (1921–2002), writer
Antonín Jaroslav Puchmajer (1769–1820), priest and translator
Marie Pujmanová (1893–1958), journalist and national artist
Přibík Pulkava z Radenína († 1380), chronicler and pastor

Q

Ladislav Quis (1846–1913), writer and poet

R.

Jan z Rabštejna (1437–1473), priest and diplomat
Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), writer of realism
Věra Řeháčková (* 1950), author of children's books and women's novels
Lenka Reinerová (1916–2008), German- and Czech-speaking writer and journalist
Václav Renč (1911–1973), poet, playwright and translator
Magdaléna Dobromila Rettigová (1785–1845), writer and representative of the Czech national movement
Václav Řezáč (1901–1956), prose writer
Ema Řezáčová (1903–1997), journalist
Pavel Řezníček (* 1942–2018), poet and writer
Zdeněk Řezníček (1904–1975), poet, publicist and translator
Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971), writer and painter
Sylvie Richterová (* 1945), poet and literary theorist
Bohumil Říha (1907–1987), writer
Václav Říha (1867–1937), historian, translator and storyteller
Marie Říhová (* 1951), dramaturge and writer
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), one of the most important German language poets
Jan Rokycana (1936–1471), theologian
Václav Jan Rosa (1620–1689), linguist, poet and lawyer
Zdeněk Rotrekl (* 1920), poet
Jaroslav Rudiš (* 1972), writer and journalist
Josef Rumler (1922–1999), poet, literary critic, historian and translator

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Karel Sabina (1813–1877), politician, poet, playwright, publicist, translator, literary critic and journalist
Pavel Josef Šafařík , also Šafárik , Šaffařík , Josef Jarmil Schafarik , (1795–1861), writer, linguist and historian
František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937), literary critic, journalist and writer
Zdena Salivarová , also Zdena Škvorecká , (* 1933), prose writer, translator and publisher
Michal Šanda (* 1965), poet, prose writer
Václav Šašek z Bířkova , noble writer
Prokop František Šedivý (* 1764), writer, popular educator and actor
František Květoslav Sedláček (1911–1971), worker, writer, editor
Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986), poet, writer, journalist and translator, Nobel Prize winner (1984)
Ondřej Sekora (1899–1967), writer, caricaturist and illustrator
František Adolf Schubert (1849–1915), playwright, prose writer and theater critic
Karol Sidon , also Efraim ben Alexander , (* 1942), rabbi and writer
Karel Šiktanc (* 1928), poet, journalist and translator
Marek Šindelka (* 1984), writer
Jan Skácel (1922–1989), poet
Jan Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště Dubravius (1486–1553), historian, writer and bishop
Ivan Skála Karel Hell (1922–1997), poet, translator and politician
Miroslav Skála (1924–1989), writer and journalist
Pavel Skála ze Zhoře (1583–1640), writer and historian
Petr Skarlant (* 1939), poet
Vladimír Škutina (1931–1995), writer, publicist, dramaturge
Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012), prose writer, essayist, translator and publisher
Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), writer, poet, journalist and translator
Josef Karel Šlejhar (1864–1914), writer
Zdeněk Šmíd (* 1937), writer
Smil Flaška z Pardubic (1349–1403), aristocratic writer
Ludvík Souček (1926–1978), sci-fi author
Václav Šolc (1838–1871), poet
Jiří Šotola (1924–1989), poet, prose writer, playwright
Milada Součková (1898–1983), writer, literary theorist
Josef Souhrada (1838–1892), priest and writer
Antonín Sova (1864–1928), poet and prose writer
Fráňa Šrámek (1877–1952), poet and writer
Jiří Stano (* 1926), writer
Antal Stašek (1843–1931), writer and lawyer
Marie Šťastná (* 1981), poet
Václav Štech (1859–1947), writer, comedy writer and theater director
Miloslav Stehlík (1916–1994), playwright
Karel Steigerwald (* 1945), playwright, dramaturge and journalist
Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek (1783–1844), actor, dramaturge
Joseph Stepling (1716–1778), 18th century scholar
Miloslav Stingl (1930–2020), explorer, ethnographer and writer
Vojtěch Steklač (* 1945), writer
Tomáš Štítný ze Štítného (1333–1401 / 1409), nobleman, traveler, reformer, translator and preacher
Eduard Štorch (1878–1956), archaeologist, educator and writer
Jiří Stránský (1931–2019), writer, dramaturge and translator
Pavel Stránský ze Stránky u Zap (1583–1657), writer
Jan ze Středy (1310–1380), scribe, translator
Ladislav Stroupežnický (1850–1892), dramaturge
Valja Stýblová (* 1922), writer
Jindřich Štyrský (1899–1942), painter, photographer, graphic artist, visual artist and poet
František Sušil (1804–1868), educator and preacher
Miloslav Švandrlík (1932–2009), writer
Karolína Světlá , also Johanna Mužáková , b. Rottová (1830–1899), writer
Růžena Svobodová (1868–1920), writer
Josef Marcol Svoboda (1891–1973), publicist, translator and journalist
Karel Sýs (* 1946), editor

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Karel Teige (1900–1951), writer and photographer
Jan Tesánek (1728–1788), scholar and author of scientific literature
Rudolf Těsnohlídek (1882–1928), poet, journalist and translator
Karel Ignác Thám (1763–1816), writer and translator
Václav Thám (1765–1816), actor and writer
Anna Maria Tilschová (1873–1957), writer
Josef Toman (1899–1977), writer
Karel Toman (1877–1946), poet, journalist and translator
Jaromír Tomeček (1906–1997), writer
František Jan Tomsa (1753–1814), Czech writer and publicist
Jáchym Topol (* 1962), journalist
Josef Topol (1935–2015), playwright, poet and essayist
Jan Trefulka (1929–2019), writer
Jan Matzal Troska (1881–1961), sci-fi author
Jiří Třanovský (1592–1637), writer and priest
Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884), writer and priest
Vlastimil Třešňák (* 1950), writer and visual artist
Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), playwright and writer
Jaromír Typlt (* 1973), poet, prose writer, editor and essayist

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Milan Uhde (* 1936), prose writer, playwright and politician
Miloš Urban (* 1967), author
Johannes Urzidil (1896–1970), German-Czech writer, cultural historian and journalist

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Václav Český Lucemburský (1337–1383), writer, duke and brother of Charles IV.
Ludvík Vaculík (1926–2015), prose writer, publicist and publisher
Madla Vaculíková (* 1925), author
Josef Váchal (1884–1969), painter, graphic artist, illustrator, sculptor, carver, writer and poet
Emil Vachek (1889–1964), humorist and journalist
Edvard Valenta (1901–1978), narrator
Vladislav Vančura (1891–1942), writer, dramaturge and director
Karel Vaněk (author) (1887–1933), journalist and Švejk author
Jan František Vavák (1741-1816), writer
Vavřinec z Březové (1370–1437), writer
Miroslav Vejlupek Čerchovský (* 1952), author
Daniel Adam of Veleslavín (1546–1599), publisher and writer
Zdeněk Veselovský (1928–2006), zoologist
Alžběta Johana Vestonie Johanna Westonia (1582–1612), poet
Michal Viewegh (* 1962), writer and publicist
Jan Vladislav Ladislav Bambásek (* 1923), poet and translator
Bartoš Vlček (1897–1926), poet, prose writer and translator
Jaroslav Vlček (1860–1930), literary historian
Jiří Voskovec Jiří Wachsmann (1905–1981), actor and writer
Václav Vratislav z Mitrovic Tureček (1576–1635), writer and nobleman
Jan Vrba (1889–1961), author and dramaturge
Alena Vrbová (1919–2004), doctor and writer
Jaroslav Vrchlický Emil Frída (1853–1912), writer, poet, playwright and translator
Stanislav Vydra (1741–1804) mathematician and Jesuit
Ivan Vyskočil (* 1929), writer

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Konrád Waldhauser (1326–1369), preacher and reformer
Ilse Weber , née Herlinger (1903–1944), children's book author, poet and head nurse
Jiří Weil (1900–1959), literary critic, journalist and translator
Richard Weiner (1884–1937), poet, prose writer and publicist
Jan Weiss (1892–1972), prose writer and national artist
Jiří Weiss (1913–2004), director and scriptwriter
Jan Werich (1905–1980), actor, dramaturge and scenarioist
Ivan Wernisch (* 1942), poet, journalist and translator
Zikmund Winter (1846–1912), historian and teacher
Jiří Wolker (1900–1924), poet
Jana Witthedová , poet

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Jan Zábrana (1931–1984), writer and translator
Jan Žáček (* 1932), prose writer and playwright
Jiří Žáček (* 1945), poet
Jan Zahradníček (1905–1960), poet, journalist and translator
Jaroslav Žák (1906–1960), Latin professor and prose writer
Miroslav Žamboch (* 1972), sci-fi author
Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957), politician, President of the ČSSR
Jaroslav Zaorálek (1896–1947), translator
Jan ze Žatce (1350–1414), writer
Vilém Závada (1905–1982), poet, writer and translator
Julius Zeyer (1841–1901), writer and playwright
Miroslav Zikmund (* 1919), traveler and writer
Jaroslav Žila (* 1961), writer
Antonín Josef Zíma , writer, educator and printer

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