Jaromír Hořejš
(1903 -1961) | Writer, pedagogue |
His surname was František
Hořejš. He studied at teacher\'s college (1922) and was an external
student of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Charles University
(1929 - 1931) and of the High school of pedagogy in Prague (1931 -
1934). He taught on several schools on South Bohemia, in 1925 -
1926 in Větřní
and from 1926 to 1930 also in Český Krumlov. He then left for
Prague where he taught, then from 1938 to 1949 worked as an editor
of the State Pedagogical Publishers. In 1949 - 1950 he worked in
docks, glass works and china works, and from 1959 to retirement he
taught again in Prague. He wrote some prose for children and adults
as well as poems, dramas and translations from English. His works
of regional literature include his prose "A Town under the
Mountains" (1930), a light-hearted story of the beauty of Český
Krumlov and its citizens. In 1944 he published the historical novel
"Man against Man" set during the time of the last Rosenbergs
in the 16th century. The main characters are Jakub Krčín of
Jelčany and Sedlčany and his opponent, the hetman Kryštof.
Together with Bartuška he published a work entitled Český Krumlov
(1927) and in 1929 he himself published a work "A Battle for a
Czech School in Český Krumlov".
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