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.
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.
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R.I.P Jindřich
Among his novels are:
Cestou křížovou (1900) – the first fruit, autobiographic description of the uneasy life as a reform priest
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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.
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(in Czech) Biography
(in Czech) Museum of Jindřich Šimon Baar in Klenčí pod Čerchovem
English translation of Jan Cimbura by Blanch Zelmer
