List of Czech writers

Below is an alphabetical list of notable 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 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 prisoner Božena 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 underground Tereza 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 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 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 historian Jan 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 Pavel Eisner (1889–1958), writer, poet and translator Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870) Karla Erbová (1933–2024), poet, prose writer, and journalist.

F Ota Filip (born 1930) Otakar Fischer (1883–1938), translator, poet, literary historian and playwright.Jonathan Bolton, Czech Literature, The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Accessed 27 July 2013. 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 František Gellner (1881–1914), poet, short-story writer and anarchist. Adam Georgiev (born 1980), writer of gay literature Arnošt Goldflam (born 1949), playwright, director and actor. Hermann Grab (1903–1949), German-language writer Ladislav Grosman (1921–1981), novelist and screenwriter. Jiří Gruša (1938–2011), 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) 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 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 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 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 (1938–2026), writer, art historian Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic (1461-1510), poet, essayist, philosopher, the "Czech Ulysses" Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011), novelist, short story writer and dramatist Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989), poet

M 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 Ondřej Neff (born 1945) Vladimír Neff (1909–1983) Božena Němcová (1820–1862) Ludvík Němec (born 1957), novelist. Jan Neruda (1834–1891) Josef Nesvadba (1926–2005) Stanislav Kostka Neumann (1875–1947), poet and novelist. Vítězslav Nezval (1900–1958) Arne Novák (1880–1939) Teréza Nováková (1853–1912), feminist, writer and editor. Karel Nový (1890–1980)

O Ivan Olbracht (1882–1952), writer, journalist and translator. Jiří Orten (1919–1941), poet. Jan Otčenášek (1924–1979), novelist and playwright.

P 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 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 Petr Šabach (1951–2017) Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), Slovak Slavicist, literary historian, and poet František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937), critic and essayist.Šalda, František Xaver 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) Emil Synek (1903–1993), playwright, novelist, and biographer

T 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 Milan Uhde (born 1936), playwright and politician. Ota Ulč (1930–2022), Czech-American author and columnist Hermann Ungar (1893–1929), German-language writer Eli Urbanová (1922–2012), Esperantist novelist and poet

V 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 Alena Wagnerová (born 1936) Magdalena Wagnerová (born 1960), writer and editor 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) Jana Witthedová (born 1948) Jiří Wolker (1900–1924)

Z Jan Zábrana (1931–1984) Jan Zahradníček (1905–1960) Pavel Zajíček (born 1951) Vojtěch Zamarovský (1919–2006) Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957) Julius Zeyer (1841–1901), poet, dramatist and novelist.Zeyer, Julius, The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Accessed 27 July 2013. Miroslav Zikmund (1919–2021) Karel Zlín (born 1937) Anna Zonová (born 1962)

See also List of Czech women writers

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