Karel Václav Rais (January 4, 1859 – July 8, 1926) was a

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realist novelist, author of the so-called ''country prose'', numerous books for youth and children, and several poems.

Biography

Rais was born into the family of a simple farm laborer and weaver. He studied in

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and

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. In the latter one, since 1899, he was director of the citizen school in

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. During his life in Prague he kept in touch with many Czech artists, including Alois Jirásek, Zikmund Winter,

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, Ignát Herrmann, and Josef Thomayer. He was one of the editors of the magazine ''Zvon'', and wrote contributions to numerous other magazines as well. He was a member of the board of the literary company ''Máj'' and the society for national education ''Svatobor''. He died in 1926 and he was buried in

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Selected works

* '' Kalibův zločin'' - 1895 * '' Západ'' - 1896

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1859 births 1926 deaths People from Lázně Bělohrad People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Czech novelists Male novelists Czech children's writers Czech male poets {{Czech-writer-stub

Biography

Selected works

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