Maj is a romantic poem by karel hynek macha in four cantos. To mark the anniversary a new english edition of his most famous poem maj may has been published and in this weeks czech books, david. Karel hynek macha was born on november 16, 1810 in an old part of prague where his father was the foreman at one of the citys mills. These words, the opening lines of karel hynek machas maj may are as familiar to czechs as wordsworths i wandered lonely as a cloud.
Karel hynek macha, literary artist who is considered the greatest poet of czech romanticism. The diary was written in 1835 by karel hynek macha, the bestknown czech romantic poet. Karel hynek macha nejvyznamnejsi basen ceskeho romantismu v doprovodu ilustraci jana zrzaveho. Studoval pravo v prahe a popri tom hraval ochotnicke divadlo. His lyrical epic poem maj may, published in 1836 shortly before his death, was judged by his contemporaries as confusing, too individualistic, and not in harmony with the national ideas. Bol typickym romantickym autorom so sklonmi k tulactvu a samotarstvu. Karel hynek macha 18101836 was the greatest czech romantic poet, and. Jan hus at the stake, coloured woodcut from a hussite prayer book, 1563. May by karel hynek macha, jindrich styrsky, marcela sulak.
It is fantastic to be able to get may maj in an english translation, and to have the czech. Maj a ostatni basne karel hynek macha antikvariat brdy. D ten jazyk je zkratka nadherny a necekal jsem, ze me maj tak. My library help advanced book search get print book. Pri nakupu knizek v hodnote 800 kc a vice mate postovne po cr zdarma maj a ostatni basne karel hynek macha antikvariat brdy. Karel hynek macha, jindrich styrsky, marcela sulak. At school he learned latin and german, the two languages approved by the hapsburg authorities, and later studied law at prague university. Karel hynek macha maj rozbor ctenarsky denik cesky. Macha and maj european studies blog american collections blog. Macha, karel hynek, styrsky, jindrich, sulak, marcela. His best known verse, one of the best poems in czech literature, is may maj, a lyric epic poem. Wanderers in pragues petrin hill park can discover the striking statue of karel hynek macha, poet of the czech epic maj. Mai karel hynek macha, antonin silar, ondrej cikan isbn.
His lyrical epic poem maj may, published in 1836 shortly before his death, was. Maj, maj vecny maj kniha od autora karel hynek macha. Karel hynek macha statue prague, czechia atlas obscura. Maj rozbor karel hynek macha machuv maj spatril svetlo sveta 23. Digitalizovana podoba prvniho vydani basne z roku 1836. Tam sa zoznamil aj so svojou buducou zenou, plytkou, hoci krasnou hereckou lori, ktora tazko niesla. It is fantastic to be able to get may maj in an english translation, and to have the. Od doby generace majovcu je maj oznacovan jako zakladni dilo novodobe ceske poezie.
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