Jindřich Šimon Baar (; 7 February 1869 – 24 October 1925) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose. He joined the Czech Catholic modern style, but later severed the ties with that movement. As writer, he emphasized traditional moral values of the countryside.
Born into a peasant family, he did religious studies and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1892. As a priest, he strived, unsuccessfully, for reforms in the church.
Works Among his novels are: Cestou křížovou (1900) – the first fruit, autobiographic description of the uneasy life as a reform priest Pro kravičku (1905) Farská panička (1906) Farské historky (1908) Jan Cimbura (1908) – highly idealized depiction of peasant life historical trilogy: Paní komisarka (1923), Osmačtyřicátníci (1924) and Lůsy (1925)
He also published several short stories and collections of fairy tales.
See also List of Czech writers
References
External links
Biography Museum of Jindřich Šimon Baar in Klenčí pod Čerchovem English translation of Jan Cimbura by Blanch Zelmer