Hans Günther Adler

(1910–1988)

Prose writer, historian

Šimon Adler

(1884–1944)

Historian, Educator

Jindřich Šimon Baar

(1869–1925)

Poet, prose writer, folk tales collector

Jiří Baum

(1900–1944)

Traveller, writer, zoologist

Elsa Bernstein /Ernst Rosner

(1866–1949)

Austrian-German writer, playwright

Petr Bezruč

(1867–1958)

Poet, prose writer

Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss

(1899–1987)

German poet

Karel Havlíček Borovský

(1821–1856)

Poet, literary critic, journalist, politician

Otokar Březina

(1868–1929)

Poet

Marina Cvětajevová

(1892–1941)

Russian writer and poeth

Josef Čapek

(1887–1945)

Writer, photographer, graphic designer, book illustrator

Karel Čapek

(1890–1938)

Writer, journalist, playwright, photographer, philosopher, translator

Svatopluk Čech

(1846–1908)

Poet, prose writer, journalist

Jiří Daniel/František Schulmann

(1916–1945)

Poet

Josef Dobrovský

(1753–1829)

Philologist, historian, founder of Slavonic Studies

Karel Domin

(1882–1953)

Botanist, educator, politician, rector of the Charles University

Else Dormitzer /Else Dorn

(1877–1958)

Children’s literature writer

Valtr Eisinger

(1913–1945)

Publicist, translator, educator

photo: fotoarchiv Památníku Terezín

František Alexander Elstner

(1902–1974)

Traveller, writer, journalist

Karel Jaromír Erben

(1811–1870)

Writer, poet, translator, folk songs and fairy tales collectorspisovatel, historian, archivist

Karel Fleischmann

(1897–1944)

Man of letters, painter, doctor

Photo: fotoarchiv Památníku Terezín

Jaroslav Foglar

(1907–1999)

Writer, scout leader

František Vladimír Foit

(1900–1971)

Traveller, writer, ethnographer, photographer, collector of native art, sculptor

Alberto Vojtěch Frič

(1882–1944)

Traveller, writer, ethnographer, photographer, botanist

Norbert Frýd

(1913–1976)

Writer, poet, photographer, traveller, diplomat

Jarmila Glazarová

(1901–1977)

Playwright, publicist

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(1749–1832)

German poet, prose writer, politician

Jaroslav Goll

(1846–1929)

Historian, poet, writer, translator, educator, diplomat

Franz Grundmann

(1863–1921)

Writer, playwright

Hanuš Hachenburg

(1929–1944)

Poet

Vítězslav Hálek

(1835–1874)

Poet, prose writer, playwright, literary critic, publicist

Václav Hanka

(1791–1861)

Writer, poet, translator, literary historian, publicist, librarian, editor, linguist

Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic

(1564–1621)

Writer, musician, diplomat, traveller

Jaroslav Hašek

(1883–1923)

Writer, publicist, journalist

František Vladislav Hek

(1769–1847)

Writer (first modern Czech satirist) publicist, composer

Camill Hoffmann

(1878–1944)

Journalist, writer, diplomat

Vladimír Holan

(1905–1980)

Poet, translator

Emil Holub

(1847–1902)

Traveller, writer, doctor, cartographer, ethnographer

Josef Hora

(1891–1945)

Poet, translator, literary critic, journalist

Egon Hostovský

(1908–1973)

Prose writer, journalist, teacher of czech language

Bohumil Hrabal

(1914–1997)

Writer

František Hrubín

(1910–1971)

Poet, playwright, scriptwriter, translator, prose writer

Han Hüng-su

(1909–1953?)

Historian, translator, educator, founder of Korean studies

Photo: archiv Jaroslava Olši

Jan Hus

(about 1369–1415)

Thinker, educator, reformer

Petr Chelčický

(about 1390–about 1460)

Writer, translator, thinker

František Jelínek

(1783–1856)

Historian

Peter Jilemnický

(1901–1949)

Slovak writer, journalist, educator, communist politician

Alois Jirásek

(1851–1930)

Prose writer, playwrith, politician

Antonín Jan Jungmann

(1775–1854)

Translator, lexicographer, doctor, rector of the Charles University

Jan Jungmann

(1778–1842)

Lexicographer

Josef Jungmann

(1773–1847)

Writer, translator, philologist, lexicographer

Franz Kafka

(1883–1924)

Writer

Georg Kafka

(1921–1944)

Poet

Josef Kalus

(1855–1934)

Poet, prose writer, educator

Gertrud Kantorowitz

(1876–1945)

Poet, art historian

Kurt Kapper

(1899–1943?)

Poet, doctor

Petr Kien

(1919–1944)

Poet, playwright, artist

Photo: fotoarchiv Památníku Terezín

Václav Kliment Klicpera

(1792–1859)

Writer, playwright

Karel Klostermann

(1848–1923)

Writer

Ruth Klüger

(1931)

Writer, educator

Hans Werner Kolben

(1922–1945)

Writer, poet writing in German

Jan Amos Komenský

(1592–1670)

Educator, writer, theologian, philosopher

Josef Kořenský

(1847–1938)

Traveller, writer, educator

Eliška Krásnohorská

(1847–1926)

Writer, poet, librettist, translator

Karl Kraus

(1874–1936)

Poet, playwright, prose writer, journalist, editor

František Křelina

(1903–1976)

Prose writer, poet, playwright

Jaroslav Kvapil

(1868–1950)

Poet, writer, translator

Josef Lada

(1887–1957)

Painter, illustrator, scenic designer, writer

Jan Laichter

(1858–1946)

Bookseller, publisher

Ulrika von Levetzow

(1804–1899)

J. W. Goethe’s girlfriend

Mechtilda Lichnovská / Mechtilde von Lichnowsky

(1879–1958)

Writer, Poets’ muses

Walter Lindenbaum

(1907–1945)

Writer, journalist

Óndra Łysohorský

(1905–1989)

Poet, translator, educator

Karel Hynek Mácha

(1810–1836)

Poet

Vojtěch Martínek

(1887–1966)

Prose writer, poet, literary critic, publicist, television scriptwriter, playwright, educator

Tomáš Garrique Masaryk

(1850–1937)

Politician, philosopher, educator

Věnceslav Metelka

(1807–1867)

Layman bible scholar, teacher, violinist, violin maker, patriot

Karel Michl

(1898–1982)

Writer, publicist

Ladislav Mňačko

(1892–1994)

Slovak writer and publicist

Alois Mrštík

(1861–1925)

Writer, playwright

Vilém Mrštík

(1863–1912)

Writer, playwright, translator, literary critic

Alois Musil

(1868–1944)

Traveller, writer, ethnographer, Orientalist and Arabist, biblicist

Zdeněk Nejedlý

(1878–1962)

Historian, musicologist, literary historian, politician

Božena Němcová

(1820–1862)

Founder of Modern Czech prose

František Nepil

()

writer, scriptwriter, lyrics writer

Teréza Nováková

(1853–1912)

Writer, women emancipation activist

František Palacký

(1798–1876)

Writer, politician

František Adolf Paroubek

(1828–1888)

Historiographer

Otakar Georgius Paroubek

(1856–1909)

Writer, playwright, cartographer

Ladislav Mikeš Pařízek

(1907–1988)

Traveller, writer, adventurer

Adolf Patera

(1836–1912)

Literary historian, translator, lexicographer, librarian, publisher

Ota Pavel

(1930–1973)

Prose writer, journalist, sports writer

Ferdinand Peroutka

(1895–1978)

Writer, playwright, publicist

Karel Poláček

(1892–1945)

Writer, journalist, scriptwirter

Vlastimil Artur Polák

(1914–1990)

German poet, prose writer

Josef Portman

(1883–1968)

Printer, publisher, bibliophile, librarian, collector, municipal officer

Karel Václav Rais

(1859–1926)

Writer

Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová

(1785–1845)

Writer, poet, playwright, revivalist

František Ladislav Rieger

(1818–1903)

Publicist, politician

Rainer Maria Rilke

(1875–1926)

Poet, prose writer, playwright, translator

Jan Říha

(1853–1922)

Pomologist, plant-breeder, author of 5 volumes of the book České ovoce (Czech Fruit)

František Josef Řezáč

(1819–1879)

Catholic priest, writer, educator, politician

Charles Sealsfield

()

writer, traveler, journalist, lawyer, theologian (Karl/Carl Anton Postl)

Jaroslaf Seifert

(1901–1986)

Writer, poet, journalist, translator

Hubert Gordon Schauer

(1862–1892)

Writer, literary critic, publicist

Olga Scheinpflugová

(1902–1968)

Writer, poet, playwright, actress

Jan Skácel

(1922–1989)

Poet

Josef Václav Sládek

(1845–1912)

Poet, translator, journalist

Antonín Sova

(1864–1928)

Poet, prose writer, director of the Municipal Library of Prague

Gerty Spies

(1897–1997)

German writer

Adalbert Stifter

(1805–1868)

Writer, painter, educator

Josef Strnadel

(1912–1986)

Writer, literary critic, translator, editor, director of Slavonic Library in Prague

Bohumír Strnadel-Četyna

(1906–1974)

Writer

Karolina Světlá

(1830–1899)

Writer (founder of the Czech rural novel)

Pavel Josef Šafařík

(1795–1861)

Historian, writer, politician, linguist, slavicist, ethnographer

Stanislav Škulina

(1908–1961)

Traveller, writer, photographer

Václav Štech

(1859–1947)

Writer, playwright, journalist, educator

Josef Taussig

(1914–1945)

Publicist, literary critic, bookseller

Josef Kajetán Tyl

(1808–1856)

Playwright, writer, translator, literary critic, journalist, author of the lyrics of the Czech national anthem

Václav Beneš Třebízský

(1849–1884)

Writer, patriotic priest, revivalist

Josef Váchal

(1884–1969)

Writer, poet, illustrator, graphic designer, book printer, mystic

Stanislav Vodička

(1910–1982)

Writer, bookbinder

Enrique Stanko Vráz

(1860–1932)

Traveller, photographer – probably of Bulgarian origin

Jaroslav Vrchlický

(1853–1912)

Writer, poet, playwright, translator

Alfred Waldau

(1837–1882)

Poet, translator, fairy tales collector

Ilse Weber

(1903–1944)

Poet, children’s literature writer

Otto Weiss

(1898–1944?)

Poet

Jan Eskymo Welzl

(1868–1948)

Traveller, writer, adventurer

Jan Werich

(1905–1980)

Playwright, writer, scriptwriter, lyrics writer

Zdeněk Wirth

(1878–1961)

Art historian, author of non-fiction literature (sights, cities, architecture)

Jiří Wolker

(1900–1924)

Poet, prose writer, playwright

Zdena Wolkerová

(1879–1954)

Writer

Vojtěch Zamarovský

(1919–2006)

Writer, translator, publicist, historian

František Zýbal

(1891–1940)

Writer, poet

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