Václav Beneš Třebízský

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Václav Beneš Třebízský
Třebízský's birth house in Třebíz

Václav Beneš Třebízský (born February 27, 1849 in Třebíz , † June 20, 1884 in Mariánské Lázně ) was a Czech writer and Catholic priest .

Life

As the son of a tailor in Třebíz near Slaný , he studied in Slaný and Prague . In 1875 he was ordained a priest and worked first in Liteň near Beroun , then from 1876 in Klecany near Prague. He died of tuberculosis . The high school in Slaný still bears his name today.

Works

His novels are similar to those of Alois Jirásek . His favorite subject was the Hussite period , but he also devotes himself to other epochs of Bohemian history up to the beginning of the 19th century. Many stories take place in the area where he was born.

  • Lost Souls (Bludné duše) is a novel set in the 18th century, during the uprising of 1775
  • Queen Dagmar (Královna Dagmar) - the fate of Dagmar, daughter of the Bohemian king Vratislav I , who was later married to the Danish king Waldemar

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