Karel Jaromír Erben
1811
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1870
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: Romanticism
country of citizenship: Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary
educated at: gymnasium, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague
occupation: translator, poet, musicologist, historian, archivist, journalist, writer, ethnographer, collector of fairy tales, prosaist, collector, jurist, editor
Karel Jaromír Erben (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkarɛl ˈjaromiːr ˈɛrbɛn]; 7 November 1811 – 21 November 1870) was a Czech folklorist and poet of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection Kytice, which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes. He also wrote Písně národní v Čechách ("Folk Songs of Bohemia") which contains 500 songs and Prostonárodní české písně a říkadla ("Czech Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes"), a five-part book that brings together most of Czech folklore. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions translated by Karel Jaromír Erben 6
Works about Karel Jaromír Erben 1
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