Publication at Faculty of Education |
2016
Abstract
The article studies the major stages in the life of the Czech journalist and writer V. Hladik. this native of Prague died prematuraly in 1913.
In particular, the study tries to demonstrate his connections to another remarkable figure of cultural transfer - Hanus Jelinek. In the first place, these included his work for the literary periodical Lumir, followed by his activities in the area of Czech-French relations.
It was Hladik that introduced Jelinek to Parisian salons. The paper draws attention to personal continuity as well as a qualitative shift in Czech Francophilia at the turn of the 20th century.