Below is an alphabetical list of

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

writers.

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* Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599),

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretica ...

, publisher, translator, and writer * Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist *

Karel Slavoj Amerling Karel Slavoj Amerling (September 18, 1807 – November 2, 1884; also known as Karl Slavomil Amerling; pen name Slavoj Strnad Klatovský) was a Czech people, Czech teacher, writer, and philosopher. Amerling was born in Klatovy, and was the son of ...

, also known as ''Karl Slavomil Amerling'' or ''Slavoj Strnad Klatovský'' (1807–1884), teacher, writer, and philosopher * Hana Andronikova (born 1967), writer *

Jakub Arbes Jakub Arbes (12 June 1840, Prague ( Smíchov) – 8 April 1914) was a Czech writer and intellectual. He is best known as the creator of the literary genre called '' romanetto'' and spent much of his professional life in France. Life and Polit ...

(1840–1914), writer and journalist, realist *

Ludvík Aškenazy Ludvik Ashkenazy ( cs, Ludvík Aškenazy; 24 February 1921 in Český Těšín, Czechoslovakia – 18 March 1986 in Bolzano, Italy) was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born into a Jewish family in Stanisławów, then part of the Second Rep ...

(1921–1986), writer and journalist * Josef Augusta (1903–1968),

paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althoug ...

, and science popularizer

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* Jindřich Šimon Baar (1869–1925),

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called ''country prose'' * Bohuslav Balbín (1621–1688), writer and Jesuit * Josef Barák (1833–1883), politician, journalist, and poet, member of the '' Májovci'' literary group *

Eduard Bass Eduard Bass, born Eduard Schmidt, (1 January 1888, in Prague – 2 October 1946, in Prague) was a Czech prose writer, journalist, singer, and actor. From 1910 he worked as a singer, journalist and cabaret director. From 1921 he was an editor of th ...

(1888–1946), writer, journalist, singer, and actor * Jan František Beckovský (1658–1725), writer, historian, translator, and priest *

Kamil Bednář Kamil Bednář (4 July 1912 – 23 May 1972), also known by his pen name "Prokop Kouba", was a Czechoslovak poet, translator, prose writer, dramatist and publishing house editor. Life Bednář was born in Prague. After 1931, he studied law, and t ...

(1912–1972), poet, writer and translator * Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (1555–1615), mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

of Slovak origin, author of a

grammar * Jan Beneš (1936–2007), writer and

political prisoner A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention. There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although n ...

Božena Benešová Božena Benešová, née Zapletalová (30 November 1873, Nový Jičín – 8 April 1936, Prague), was a Czech author and poet whose work is considered to have been at the forefront of psychological prose. The greater part of her youth was spent i ...

(1873–1936), prose writer. * Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), novelist and screenwriter * Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999), writer, philosopher and translator *

Petr Bezruč Petr Bezruč () was the pseudonym of Vladimír Vašek (; 15 September 1867 – 17 February 1958), a Czech poet and short story writer who was associated with the region of Austrian Silesia. His most notable work is ''Silesian Songs,'' a coll ...

(1867–1958), poet and writer *

Konstantin Biebl Konstantin Biebl (26 February 1898, Slavětín – 12 November 1951, Prague) was a Czech poet and writer. His first collection of poems was released in 1923, and his last in 1951, the year of his death by suicide. During that time he also travel ...

(1898–1951), poet *

Jan Blahoslav Jan Blahoslav (20 February 1523 – 24 November 1571) was a Czech humanistic writer, poet, translator, etymologist, hymnographer, grammarian, music theorist and composer. He was a Unity of the Brethren bishop, and translated the New Testament i ...

(1523–1571), humanistic writer and composer *

Ivan Blatný Ivan Blatný (; 21 December 1919 in Brno, Czechoslovakia – 5 August 1990 in Colchester, United Kingdom) was a Czech poet and a member of '' Skupina 42 (Group 42). Life Blatný, the son of the writer Lev Blatný, was a member of the ''Skupina 42' ...

(1919–1990), poet, member of '' Skupina 42'' (Group 42) * Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet, author, theatre critic and Dramaturg * Egon Bondy (1930–2007), philosopher, writer, and poet, the main personality of the Prague underground *

Tereza Boučková Tereza Boučková (born 24 May 1957) is a Czech writer. The daughter of playwright Pavel Kohout and Anna Cornová, she was born in Prague, attended high school and studied English for a year after being rejected by the Drama Academy for political ...

(born 1957), writer, dramatist and screenwriter * Emanuel Bozděc (1841 – c. 1890), dramatist. * Zuzana Brabcová (born 1959), novelist * Arthur Breisky (1885–1910), writer, translator, playwright * Otokar Březina (1868–1929), Symbolist poet and essayist * Bedřich Bridel (1619–1680), baroque writer, poet, and missionary *

Max Brod Max Brod ( he, מקס ברוד; 27 May 1884 – 20 December 1968) was a German-speaking Bohemian, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is best remembered as the friend and biog ...

(1884–1968),

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

ish German-speaking author, composer, and journalist

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Josef Čapek Josef Čapek (; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word "robot", which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek. ...

(1887–1945) *

Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel '' War with the Newts'' (1936) and play '' R.U.R.'' (''Rossum's Universal ...

(1890–1938) *

Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (; 21 February 1860 in Domažlice – 3 November 1927 in Prague) was a Czech naturalistic writer and a journalist. Biography In 1879 he graduated at the gymnasium in Domažlice. He was a long-term cooperator of the '' ...

(1860–1927) * Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908) *

František Čelakovský František Ladislav Čelakovský (7 March 1799 Strakonice - 5 August 1852 Prague) was a Czech poet, translator, linguist, and literary critic. He was a major figure in the Czech " national revival". His most notable works are ''Ohlas písní rus ...

(1799–1852), poet and translator * Jan Čep (1902–1974) * Zuzana Černínová z Harasova (1600-1654), letter writer *

Petr Chelčický Petr Chelčický (; c. 1390 – c. 1460) was a Czech Christian spiritual leader and author in the 15th century Bohemia, now the Czech Republic. He was one of the most influential thinkers of the Bohemian Reformation. Petr Chelčický inspire ...

(c. 1390 – c. 1460) * Václav Cílek (born 1955), geologist and science popularizer

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* Mikuláš Dačický z Heslova (1555–1629), poet and autobiographer. * 'Dalimil' (died soon after 1314), anonymous author of the '' Boleslav Chronicle''. * Jakub Deml (1878–1961), priest and writer *

Dominika Dery Dominika Dery (born 7 March 1975 in Černošice near Prague, Czechoslovakia), also known as Dominika Furmanová, is a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the ...

(born 1975), poet, playwright, journalist, and memoirist, former

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

dancer * Ivan Diviš (1924–1999), significant poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century *

Josef Dobrovský Josef Dobrovský (17 August 1753 – 6 January 1829) was a Czech philologist and historian, one of the most important figures of the Czech National Revival along with Josef Jungmann. Life and work Dobrovský was born at Balassagyarmat, Nó ...

(1753–1829),

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

, and literary historian * Jan Drda (1915–1970), prose writer and playwright * Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962), prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist and surgeon * Václav Dušek (born 1944), novelist. *

Viktor Dyk Viktor Dyk (; 31 December 1877 – 14 May 1931) was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was one of the sig ...

(1877–1931), poet, prose writer, playwright and politician

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Pavel Eisner Pavel Eisner (16 January 1889 – 8 July 1958), also known as Paul Eisner and under the pseudonym Vincy Schwarze, was Czech-German linguist and translator and the author of many studies about Czech language. He is considered one of the most imp ...

(1889–1958), writer, poet and translator *

Karel Jaromír Erben Karel Jaromír Erben (; 7 November 1811 – 21 November 1870) was a Czech folklorist and poet of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection '' Kytice'', which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes. He also wrote ''P ...

(1811–1870) *

Karla Erbová Karla Erbová (born ''Fremrová''; pseudonym: K. Papežová) (born 1933 in Plzeň) is a contemporary Czech poet, prose writer, and journalist. Many of her writings are historical or mythological in subject matter, often including works on Ancient ...

(born 1933), poet, prose writer, and journalist.

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Jaroslav Foglar Jaroslav Foglar (6 July 1907 – 23 January 1999) was a Czechoslovak writer who wrote many novels about youths (partly also about Boy Scouts movement) and their adventures in nature and dark city streets. His signature series is ''Rychlé šípy'' ...

(1907–1999), novelist. * Jaroslav Erik Frič (born 1949), poet and musician * Norbert Frýd (1913–1976), writer, novelist, journalist and diplomat * Julius Fučík (1903–1943) * Jiří Fried (1923-1999), novelist. *

Ladislav Fuks Ladislav Fuks (September 24, 1923 in Prague – August 19, 1994 in Prague) was a Czech novelist. He focused mainly on psychological novels, portraying the despair and suffering of people under German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Fuks was born in ...

(1923–1994), novelist.

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František Gellner František Gellner (19 June 1881 – disappeared September 1914) was a Czech poet, short story writer, artist and anarchist. Biography František Gellner was born to a poor Jewish family in Mladá Boleslav (''Jungbunzlau''), Bohemia. His father ...

(1881–1914), poet, short-story writer and anarchist. * Adam Georgiev (born 1980), writer of

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Arnošt Goldflam Arnošt Goldflam (born 22 September 1946 in Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, ...

(born 1949), playwright, director and actor. *

Hermann Grab Hermann Grab (6 May 1903 – 2 August 1949) was a Bohemian German-language writer. Early years Hermann was born into a wealthy aristocratic family of Jewish origin in Prague, Bohemian Kingdom (an old name of today's Czech Republic). Although ...

(1903–1949), German-language writer * Ladislav Grosman (1921–1981), novelist and screenwriter. *

Jiří Gruša Jiří Gruša (10 November 1938, in Pardubice – 28 October 2011, in Bad Oeynhausen) was a Czech poet, novelist, translator, diplomat and politician.Václav Hájek z Libočan († 1553) *

František Halas František Halas (3 October 1901 in Brno – 27 October 1949 in Prague) was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century, an essayist, and a translator. Life Born as the son of textile worker, Halas worked as bookseller ...

(1901–1949) *

Vítězslav Hálek Vítězslav Hálek (; 5 April 1835, in Odolena Voda – 8 October 1874), also known as Vincenc Hálek, was a Czech poet, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the May Schoo ...

(1835–1874) *

Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel '' The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War'', an unfinished collection of farcical inc ...

(1883–1923) * Jiří Haussmann (1898–1923) *

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...

(1936–2011) *

Karel Havlíček Borovský Karel Havlíček Borovský (; Borová, today ''Havlíčkova Borová;'' 31 October 1821 – 29 July 1856) was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher. Early life and education He lived and studied at the Gymnasium ...

(1821–1856) * Iva Hercíková (1935–2007) * Ignát Herrmann (1854–1935) * Adolf Heyduk (1835–1923) * Jaroslav Hilbert (1871–1936) * Josef Hiršal (1920–2003), translator and poet *

Karel Hlaváček Karel Hlaváček (August 24, 1874 in Prague – June 15, 1898 in Prague) was a Czechs, Czech Symbolist poetry, Symbolist and Decadent movement, Decadent poet and artist. Hlaváček was born into a working class household in the Prague neighborhood ...

(1874–1898) *

Daniela Hodrová Daniela Hodrová (born 5 July 1946) is a Czech writer and literary scholar. Biography Hodrová was born in Prague on 5 July 1946. She did postgraduate studies in French and comparative literature. In 1972–75, she worked as an editor of Slavoni ...

(born 1946) *

Vladimír Holan Vladimír Holan (; September 16, 1905 – March 31, 1980) was a Czechoslovak poet famous for employing obscure language, dark topics and pessimistic views in his poems. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in the late 1960s. Life Holan was born ...

(1905–1980) * Josef Holeček (1853–1929), South Bohemian writer, realist, author of the so-called ''country prose'', and translator (''

Kalevala The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and ...

'') * Miroslav Holub (1923–1998), poet and immunologist *

Josef Hora Josef Hora (8 July 1891 – 21 June 1945) was a Czechoslovak poet, literary critic and journalist. Biography Early life Josef Hora was born in Dobříň, Litoměřice District, Bohemia in a farmstead, which now houses the Museum of Josef Hora. ...

(1891–1945) * Egon Hostovský (1908–1973) *

Bohumil Hrabal Bohumil Hrabal (; 28 March 1914 – 3 February 1997) was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century. Early life Hrabal was born in Židenice (suburb of Brno) on 28 March 1914, in what was then the province ...

(1914–1997) * Petra Hůlová (born 1979), novelist, playwright, journalist *

Jan Hus Jan Hus (; ; 1370 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as ''Iohannes Hus'' or ''Johannes Huss'', was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the insp ...

(c. 1369/1370–1415)

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* Josef Jedlička (1927–1990) * Ivan Jelínek, poet. * Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), journalist, writer, and translator * Alois Jirásek (1851–1930) * Ivan Martin Jirous (1944–2011) *

Josef Jungmann Josef Jungmann (16 July 1773 in Hudlice, near Beroun – 14 November 1847 in Prague) was a Czech poet and linguist, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival. Together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the mod ...

(1773–1847),

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* Martin Kabátník (died 1503). *

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

(1883–1924) * Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879), poet, writer, translator. * Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951). *

Egon Kisch Egon Erwin Kisch (29 April 1885 – 31 March 1948) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself ''Der Rasende Reporter'' (The Raging Reporter) for his countless travels to the far corners of the ...

(1885–1948), German-language writer * Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859), playwright *

Ivan Klíma Ivan Klíma (born 14 September 1931 in Prague, as Ivan Kauders) is a Czech novelist and playwright. He has received the Magnesia Litera award and the Franz Kafka Prize, among other honors.Ladislav Klíma Ladislav Klíma (22 August 1878 – 19 April 1928), was a Czech philosopher and novelist influenced by George Berkeley, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. His philosophy is referred to varyingly as existentialism and subjective idealism. Life Ladis ...

(1878–1928), philosopher and novelist * Václav František Kocmánek (1607–1679) *

Pavel Kohout Pavel Kohout (born 20 July 1928) is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, a Prague Spring participant and dissident in the 1970s until he was not allowed to return from Au ...

(born 1928) *

Ján Kollár Ján Kollár ( hu, Kollár János; 29 July 1793 – 24 January 1852) was a Slovak writer (mainly poet), archaeologist, scientist, priest, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism. Life He studied at the Lutheran Lyceum in Pressburg ( ...

(1793–1852), Slovak poet *

Jan Amos Komenský John Amos Comenius (; cs, Jan Amos Komenský; pl, Jan Amos Komeński; german: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: ''Ioannes Amos Comenius''; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considere ...

(1592–1670) * Vladimír Körner (born 1939), novelist *

Kosmas Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name ( grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς), from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "universe", and the verb κοσμέω (to order, govern, adorn) linked to propriet ...

(c. 1045 – 1125) * Petr Král (born 1941) * Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926) * Jiří Kratochvil (born 1940) * Jan Křesadlo (1926–1995) * Tomáš Krystlík (born 1947) * Milan Kundera (born 1929)

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* František Langer (1888–1965), dramatist and prose writer * Květa Legátová (1919–2012), novelist and writer * Paul Leppin (1878–1945), German-language writer * Gustav Leutelt (1860–1947), German-language writer * Věra Linhartová (born 1938), writer, art historian * Šimon Lomnický z Budče (1552 – c. 1623), poet and moralist. * Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011), novelist, short story writer and dramatist * Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989), poet

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* Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836) * Josef Svatopluk Machar (1864–1942) * Jiří Mahen (1882–1939) * Marie Majerová (1882–1967), novelist. * Jiří Marek (1914–1994), writer, journalist, screenwriter * Rudolf Medek (1890–1940) * Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (1600–1676), composer and organ player * Daniel Micka (born 1963), writer and translator from English * Libuše Moníková (1945–1998), German-language writer * Vilém Mrštík (1863–1912), novelist * Jiří Mucha (1915–1991)

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* Ondřej Neff (born 1945) * Vladimír Neff (1909–1983) * Božena Němcová (1820–1862) * Ludvík Němec (born 1957), novelist. * Jan Neruda (1834–1891) * Josef Nesvadba (1926–2005) * Stanislav Kostka Neumann (1875–1947), poet and novelist. * Vítězslav Nezval (1900–1958) * Arne Novák (1880–1939) * Teréza Nováková (1853–1912), feminist, writer and editor. * Karel Nový (writer), Karel Nový (1890–1980)

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* Ivan Olbracht (1882–1952), writer, journalist and translator. * Jiří Orten (1919–1941), poet. * Jan Otčenášek (1924–1979), novelist and playwright.

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* František Palacký (1798–1876), historian * Vladimír Páral (born 1932), novelist * Ota Pavel (1930–1973) * Jan Pelc (born 1957) * Ferdinand Peroutka (1895–1978) * Alexej Pludek (1923–2002) * Hynek z Poděbrad (1452–1492) * Karel Poláček (1892–1945) * Oldřich Prefát z Vlkanova (1523–1565), astronomer and mathematician. * Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946) * Lenka Procházková (born 1951), prose writer * Přibík Pulkava z Radenína (died 1380), court historian.

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* Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), realist novelist, author of the so-called ''country prose'', numerous books for youth and children, and several poems * Vojtěch Rakous, pseudonym of Adalbert Östreicher (1862–1935), writer and journalist. * Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971) * Sylvie Richterová (born 1945), poet and literary scholar * Václav Jan Rosa (c. 1620 – 1689), poet and philologist. * Jaroslav Rudiš (born 1972), writer, journalist and musician. * Vavřinec Leander Rvačovský ze Rvačova (1525 – after 1590), priest and prose writer.

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* Petr Šabach (1951–2017) * Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), Slovak Slavic studies, Slavicist, literary historian, and poet * František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937), critic and essayist. * Zdena Salivarová (born 1933), writer, translator and publisher * Michal Šanda (born 1965) * Prokop František Šedivý (1764 – c. 1810), playwright, actor, and translator of the Czech National Revival, National Revival era * Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986) * Ondřej Sekora (1899–1967), writer, journalist, cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, graphic * Karol Sidon (born 1942) * Jan Skácel (1922–1989) * Vladimír Škutina (1931–1995) * Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012) * Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet. * Josef Karel Šlejhar (1864–1914), prose writer. * Ladislav Smoček (born 1932), playwright and theater director * Jiří Šotola (1924–1989), actor, poet and novelist. * Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Impressionism, Impressionist and Symbolism (arts), Symbolist poet * Fráňa Šrámek (1877–1952), Anarchism, anarchist, Impressionism, impressionist, and Vitalism, vitalist, poet, novelist, and dramatist * Pavel Šrut (1940–2018) * Petr Stančík (born 1968) * Antal Stašek (1843–1931) * Vladimír Šlechta (born 1960) * Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek (1783–1844), playwright * Tomáš Štítný ze Štítného (c. 1333 – 1401/09) * Eduard Štorch (1878–1956) * Františka Stránecká (1839–1888), writer and collector of Moravian folklore * Ladislav Stroupežnický (1850–1892) * Karolína Světlá (1830–1899) * Růžena Svobodová (1868–1920)

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* Karel Teige (1900–1951), Art criticism, art critic, journalist, and translator * Jindra Tichá (born 1937), writer and academic * Pavel Tigrid (1917–2003), political journalist and essayist. * Jan Tománek (born 1978) - Movie director and writer * Filip Topol (1965–2013) * Jáchym Topol (born 1962) * Josef Topol (born 1935), playwright. * Ctibor Tovačovský z Cimburka (1427–1494), legal and political theorist * Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884) * Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), playwright, writer and actor.

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* Milan Uhde (born 1936), playwright and politician. * Ota Ulč (born 1930), Czech-American author and columnist * Hermann Ungar (1893–1929), German-language writer * Zdeněk Urbánek (1917–2008), writer and translator. * Eli Urbanová (1922–2012), Esperantist novelist and poet

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* Josef Váchal (1884–1969) * Ludvík Vaculík (1926–2015) * Edvard Valenta (1901–1978) * Vladislav Vančura (1891–1942) * Fan Vavřincová (1917–2012) * Jaroslav Velinský (1932–2012) * Michal Viewegh (born 1962) * Josef Vohryzek (1926–1998), literary critic. * Viktor Vohryzek (1864–1918), writer, journalist and translator. * Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – c. 1415) * Jiří Voskovec (1905–1981) * Alena Vostrá (1938–1992), novelist * Václav Vratislav z Mitrovic (1576–1635), autobiographical writer. * Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912) * Ivan Vyskočil (writer), Ivan Vyskočil (born 1929), fiction writer and dramatist.

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* Alena Wagnerová (born 1936) * Magdalena Wagnerová (born 1960), writer and editor * Jiří Weil (1900–1959) * Richard Weiner (Czech writer), Richard Weiner (1884–1937) * Jan Weiss (1892–1972) * Jiří Weiss (1913–2004) * Franz Werfel (1890–1945) * Ivan Wernisch (born 1942) * Zikmund Winter (1846–1912) * Jana Witthedová (born 1948) * Jiří Wolker (1900–1924)

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* Jan Zábrana (1931–1984) * Jan Zahradníček (1905–1960) * Pavel Zajíček (born 1951) * Vojtěch Zamarovský (1919–2006) * Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957) * Julius Zeyer (1841–1901), poet, dramatist and novelist.Zeyer, Julius
''The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe''. Accessed 27 July 2013. * Miroslav Zikmund (1919-2021) * Karel Zlín (born 1937) * Anna Zonová (born 1962)

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