List of Czech writers

Below is an alphabetical list of famous Czech writers.

A

• Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer
• Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist
• Karel Slavoj Amerling, also known as Karl Slavomil Amerling or Slavoj Strnad Klatovský (1807–1884), teacher, writer, and philosopher
• Hana Andronikova (born 1967), writer
• Jakub Arbes (1840–1914), writer and journalist, realist
• Ludvík Aškenazy (1921–1986), writer and journalist
• Josef Augusta (1903–1968), paleontologist, geologist, and science popularizer

B

• Jindřich Šimon Baar (1869–1925), Catholic 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 (1888–1946), writer, journalist, singer, and actor
• Jan František Beckovský (1658–1725), writer, historian, translator, and priest
• Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (1555–1615), mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and philologist of Slovak origin, author of a Czech grammar
• Jan Beneš (1936–2007) Czech writer and political prisoner
• Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), poet and writer
• Konstantin Biebl (1898–1951), poet
• Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571), humanistic writer and composer
• Ivan Blatný (1919–1990), poet, member of Skupina 42 (Group 42)
• Egon Bondy (1930–2007), philosopher, writer, and poet, the main personality of the Prague underground
• Arthur Breisky (1885–1910), writer, translator, playwright
• Bedřich Bridel (1619–1680), baroque writer, poet, and missionary
• Max Brod (1884–1968), Jewish German-speaking author, composer, and journalist
• Otokar Březina (1868–1929), Symbolist poet and essayist

C

• Josef Čapek (1887–1945)
• Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
• Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (1860–1927)
• Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908)
• František Čelakovský (1799–1852), poet and translator
• Petr Chelčický (c. 1390 – c. 1460)
• Václav Cílek (born 1955), geologist and science popularizer

D

• Jakub Deml (1878–1961)
• Dominika Dery (born 1975), poet, playwright, jouralist, and memoirist, former ballet dancer
• Ivan Diviš (1924–1999), significant poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century
• Gelasius Dobner (1719–1790), historian
• Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829), linguist, lexicographer, and literary historian
• Jan Drda (1915–1970)
• Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962)
• Viktor Dyk (1877–1931)

E

• Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870)

F

• Smil Flaška z Pardubic († 1403)
• Jaroslav Foglar (1907–1999)
• Marie Formáčková (born 1952)
• Jaroslav Erik Frič (born 1949)
• Zdena Frýbová (1934–2010)
• Norbert Frýd (1913–1976)
• Julius Fučík (1903–1943)
• Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994)

G

• František Gellner (1881–1914)
• Jarmila Glazarová (1901–1977)
• Jiří Gruša (born 1938), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, and politician

H

• Václav Hájek z Libočan († 1553)
• František Halas (1901–1949)
• Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874)
• Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923)
• Václav Havel (born 1936)
• Karel Havlíček Borovský (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 (1874–1898)
• Vladimír Holan (1905–1980)
• Josef Holeček (1853–1929), South Bohemian writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose, and translator (Kalevala)
• Josef Hora (1891–1945)
• Egon Hostovský(1908–1973)
• Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997)
• Petra Hůlová (born 1979), novelist, playwright, journalist
• Jan Hus (c. 1369/1370–1415)

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J

• Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), journalist, writer, and translator
• Alois Jirásek (1851–1930)
• Ivan Martin Jirous (born 1944)
• Josef Jungmann (1773–1847), lexicographer, linguist, translator, and poet

K

• Franz Kafka (1883–1924)
• Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951)
• Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859), playwright
• Václav František Kocmánek (1607–1679)
• Jiří Klobouk born 1933
• Pavel Kohout (born 1928)
• Kolda z Koldic (1265–1323)
• Ján Kollár (1793–1852), Slovak poet
• Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670)
• Viktorin Kornel ze Všehrd (1460–1520), translator and lawyer
• Vladimír Körner (born 1939), novelist
• Kosmas (c. 1045–1125)
• Petr Král (born 1941)
• Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926)
• Milan Kundera (born 1929)
• Jaroslav Kuťák (born 1956)
• Pavel Kyrmezer (c. 1550–1589), Slovak playwright

L

• Květa Legátová (born 1919)
• Věra Linhartová (born 1938)
• Arnošt Lustig (born 1926)
• Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989)

M

• Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836)
• Josef Svatopluk Machar (1864–1942)
• Jiří Mahen (1882–1939)
• Marie Majerová (1882–1967)
• Radek Malý (born 1977), poet and translator
• 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
• Jiří Mucha (1915–1991)

N

• Ondřej Neff (born 1945)
• Vladimír Neff (1909–1983)
• Božena Němcová (1820–1862)
• Jan Neruda (1834–1891)
• Josef Nesvadba (1926–2005)
• Stanislav Kostka Neumann (1875–1947)
• Vítězslav Nezval (1900–1958)
• Arne Novák (1880–1939)
• Teréza Nováková (1853–1912)

O

• Ivan Olbracht (1882–1952)
• Jiří Orten (1919–1941)

P

• František Palacký (1798–1876), historian
• Ota Pavel (1930–1973)
• František Martin Pelcl (1734–1801), historian and the 1st professor of the Czech language at the Prague university
• Alexej Pludek (1923–2002)
• Karel Poláček (1892–1945)
• Karel Ptáčník (1921–2002)
• Antonín Jaroslav Puchmajer (1769–1820)
• Marie Pujmanová (1893–1958)
• Přibík Pulkava z Radenína († 1380)

Q

• Ladislav Quis (1846–1913)

R

• Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), realist novelist, author of the so-called country prose, numerous books for youth and children, and several poems
• Jaroslav Rudiš (born 1972)

S

• Petr Šabach (born 1951)
• Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), Slovak Slavicist, literary historian, and poet
• František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937)
• Michal Šanda (born 1965)
• Prokop František Šedivý (1764 – c. 1810), playwright, actor, and translator of the 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)
• Josef Škvorecký (born 1924)
• Ladislav Smoček (born 1932), playwright and theater director
• Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Impressionist and Symbolist poet
• Fráňa Šrámek (1877–1952), anarchist, impressionist, and vitalist, poet, novelist, and dramatist
• Pavel Šrut (born 1940)
• Petr Stančík (born 1968)
• Antal Stašek (1843–1931)
• Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek (1783–1844), playwright
• Tomáš Štítný ze Štítného (c. 1333–1401/1409)
• Eduard Štorch (1878–1956)
• Ladislav Stroupežnický (1850–1892)
• Karolína Světlá (1830–1899)

T

• Karel Teige (1900–1951), art critic, journalist, and translator
• Karel Ignác Thám (1763–1816), writer and translator
• Václav Thám (1765 – c. 1816), actor and writer
• Josef Toman (1899–1977)
• Karel Toman (1877–1946)
• Jáchym Topol (born 1962)
• Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884)

U

• Ota Ulč (born 1932), Czech-American author and columnist

V

• Josef Váchal (1884–1969)
• Ludvík Vaculík (born 1926)
• Edvard Valenta (1901–1978)
• Vladislav Vančura (1891–1942)
• Karel Vaněk (1887–1933)
• Vavřinec z Březové (c. 1370 – c. 1437)
• Jaroslav Velinský (born 1932)
• Michal Viewegh (born 1962)
• Jiří Voskovec (1905–1981)
• Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912)

W

• Jiří Weil (1900–1959)
• Richard Weiner (1884–1937)
• Jan Weiss (1892–1972)
• Jiří Weiss (1913–2004)
• Franz Werfel (1890–1945)
• Ivan Wernisch (born 1942)
• Zikmund Winter (1846–1912)
• Jiří Wolker (1900–1924)

Z

• Jan Zábrana (1931–1984)
• Jan Zahradníček (1905–1960)
• Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957)
• Petr Zelenka (born 1967), playwright and film director
• Julius Zeyer (1841–1901)