''Národní listy'' ("The National Newspaper") was a
Czech
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newspaper
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published in
Prague
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from 1861 to 1941.
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History
The decision to start ''Národni listy'' began in September 1860. The first issue of the newspaper was first published in January 1861 in an edition of 7000 copies.
From 1861 to 1894 it was published by Julius Grégr; since 1874 it was the main newspaper of the Young Czech Party
The Young Czech Party ( cz, Mladočeši, officially National Liberal Party, ''Národní strana svobodomyslná'') was formed in the Bohemian crown land of Austria-Hungary in 1874. It initiated the democratization of Czech political parties and l ...
. The Grégr family owned and published the newspaper up until 1910; when it was transferred to the printing house Pražská akciová tiskárna founded by two other members of the Young Czech Party, Karel Kramář
Karel Kramář (27 December 1860 – 26 May 1937) was a Czech politician. He was a representative of the major Czech political party, the Young Czechs, in the Austrian Imperial Council from 1891 to 1915 (where he was also known as Karl Kramarsc ...
and Alois Rašín
Alois Rašín (18 October 1867 in Nechanice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – 18 February 1923 in Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech and Czechoslovakian politician, economist, one of the founders of Czechoslovakia and first Ministry for ...
.[
In October 1917, brothers ]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.
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and 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 ...
joined the staff as writers, but they left in April 1921 when the paper shifted toward increasingly narrow nationalistic orientations.[Sarka Tobrmanova-Kuhnova, "Introduction," to Karel Čapek, "Believe in People: the essential Karel Čapek."London, Faber and Faber 2010, 2010, (p.xxiv). ] The paper was briefly suspended a few months before Czechoslovak Independence Day (28 October 1918).
From 1918 to 1938 it was the main newspaper of National Democratic Party (Czechoslovakia)
The Czechoslovak National Democracy (), called also Czechoslovak National Democratic Party (), was a First Republic right-wing political party in Czechoslovakia.
History
The party was established in 1918 by a merger of the Free-minded Nationa ...
and the National Unification, both led by Karel Kramář. After the Nazi
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occupation of Czechoslovakia, it operated as the newspaper of National Partnership, the only political party that was allowed. In April 1941 it ceased its publishing.[
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Prominent Editors
Jan Neruda
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Early lif ...
, Vitezslav Hálek, Karel Sladkovský
Karel Sladkovský (22 June 1823 – 4 March 1880) was a Czech lawyer, politician and journalist.
Early life and education
Born as a son of a tailor in Malá Strana in Prague, Sladkovský studied gymnasium of Malá Strana and later finished studi ...
, editor Josef Anýž, 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 ...
, Chod Matthew, 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.
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, 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 ...
, Jindriska Konopásková, 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 ...
.
References
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