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List of Czech writers

Below is an alphabetical list of notable Czech writers.

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Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer • Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realistKarel 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, realistLudvík Aškenazy (1921–1986), writer and journalist • Josef Augusta (1903–1968), paleontologist, geologist, and science popularizer == B ==
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Jindřich Šimon Baar (1869–1925), Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country proseBohuslav Balbín (1621–1688), writer and JesuitJosef 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 • Kamil Bednář (1912–1972), poet, writer and translator • Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (1555–1615), mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and philologist of Slovak origin, author of a Czech grammar • Jan Beneš (1936–2007), writer and political prisonerBožena Benešová (1873–1936), prose writer. • Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), novelist and screenwriter • Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999), writer, philosopher and translator • 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) • Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet, author, theatre critic and Dramaturg • Anna Bolavá (born 1981) novelist and poet • Egon Bondy (1930–2007), philosopher, writer, and poet, the main personality of the Prague undergroundTereza Boučková (born 1957), writer, dramatist and screenwriter • 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 (1884–1968), Jewish German-speaking author, composer, and journalist == C ==
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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 • Jan Čep (1902–1974) • Zuzana Černínová z Harasova (1600–1654), letter writer • Petr Chelčický (c. 1390 – c. 1460) • Václav Cílek (born 1955), geologist and science popularizer == D ==
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Jakub Deml (1878–1961), priest and writer • Dominika Dery (born 1975), poet, playwright, journalist, and memoirist, former ballet dancer • Ivan Diviš (1924–1999), significant poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century • Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829), linguist, lexicographer, and literary historianJan Drda (1915–1970), prose writer and playwright • Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962), prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist and surgeon • Viktor Dyk (1877–1931), poet, prose writer, playwright and politician == E ==
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Pavel Eisner (1889–1958), writer, poet and translator • Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870) • Karla Erbová (born 1933), poet, prose writer, and journalist.[1 == F ==
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Ota Filip (born 1930) • Otakar Fischer (1883–1938), translator, poet, literary historian and playwright. • Viktor Fischl (1912–2006), poet, novelist and diplomat. • Smil Flaška z Pardubic (1340s-1403). • František Flos (1864–1961), novelist • Jaroslav Foglar (1907–1999), novelist. • Jaroslav Erik Frič (born 1949), poet and musician • Luděk Frýbort (1933–2019), writer • Norbert Frýd (1913–1976), writer, novelist, journalist and diplomat • Emilie Fryšová (1840–1920), teacher, ethnographer and writer • Julius Fučík (1903–1943) • Renáta Fučíková (born 1964), illustrator and author of children's books • Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994), novelist. == G ==
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František Gellner (1881–1914), poet, short-story writer and anarchist. • Adam Georgiev (born 1980), writer of gay literatureArnošt Goldflam (born 1949), playwright, director and actor. • Hermann Grab (1903–1949), German-language writer • Ladislav Grosman (1921–1981), novelist and screenwriter. • Jiří Gruša (born 1938), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, and politician == H ==
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Václav Hájek z Libočan († 1553) • František Halas (1901–1949) • Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874) • Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923) • Jiří Haussmann (1898–1923) • Václav Havel (1936–2011) • 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) • Daniela Hodrová (born 1946) • Vladimír Holan (1905–1980) • Josef Holeček (1853–1929), South Bohemian writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose, and translator (Kalevala) • Miroslav Holub (1923–1998), poet and immunologist • Josef Hora (1891–1945) • Egon Hostovský (1908–1973) • Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997) • Petra Hůlová (born 1979), novelist, playwright, journalist • Anna Regina Husová (1857–1945), teacher, writer and cultural historian • Jan Hus (c. 1369/1370–1415) == J ==
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Vlasta Javořická (1890–1979) • Josef Jedlička (1927–1990) • Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), journalist, writer, and translator • Alois Jirásek (1851–1930) • Ivan Martin Jirous (1944–2011) • Josef Jungmann (1773–1847), lexicographer, linguist, translator, and poet == K ==
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Franz Kafka (1883–1924) • Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879), poet, writer, translator • Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951) • Egon Kisch (1885–1948), German-language writer • Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859), playwright • Ivan Klíma (1931–2025), novelist and playwright • Ladislav Klíma (1878–1928), philosopher and novelist • Václav František Kocmánek (1607–1679) • Pavel Kohout (born 1928), novelist, playwright, and poet • Ján Kollár (1793–1852), Slovak poet • Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670) • Karel Konrád (1899–1971) • Vladimír Körner (born 1939), novelist • Kosmas (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 (1929–2023) == L ==
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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 • Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011), novelist, short story writer and dramatist • Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989), poet == M ==
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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) == N ==
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Ondřej Neff (born 1945) • Vladimír Neff (1909–1983) • Božena Němcová (1820–1862) • Ludvík Němec (born 1957), novelist. • Karel Nový (1890–1980) == O ==
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Ivan Olbracht (1882–1952), writer, journalist and translator. • Jiří Orten (1919–1941), poet. • Jan Otčenášek (1924–1979), novelist and playwright. == P ==
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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) • Josef Věromír Pleva (1899–1985) • Alexej Pludek (1923–2002) • Hynek z Poděbrad (1452–1492) • Karel Poláček (1892–1945) • Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946) • Lenka Procházková (born 1951), prose writer == R ==
R
Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), realist novelist, author of the so-called country prose, numerous books for youth and children, and several poems • Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971) • Sylvie Richterová (born 1945), poet and literary scholar • Jaroslav Rudiš (born 1972), writer, journalist and musician. == S ==
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Petr Šabach (1951–2017) • Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), Slovak Slavicist, literary historian, and poet • František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937), critic and essayist. • Zdena Salivarová (1933–2025), writer, translator and publisher • 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) • Vladimír Škutina (1931–1995) • Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012) • Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet. • 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 (1940–2018) • Petr Stančík (born 1968) • Antal Stašek (1843–1931) • Vladimír Šlechta (born 1960) • Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930–2018), biographer • 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) == T ==
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Karel Teige (1900–1951), art critic, journalist, and translator • Felix Téver (1852 - 1932), pen name of Anna Lauermannová-Mikšová, writer and literary salon host • 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. • Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884) • Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), playwright, writer and actor. == U ==
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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 • Eli Urbanová (1922–2012), Esperantist novelist and poet == V ==
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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) • Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – c. 1415) • Jiří Voskovec (1905–1981) • Alena Vostrá (1938–1992), novelist • Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912) == W ==
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