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Profile of Jindrich Simon Baar
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Jindrich Simon Baar |
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7th February 1869 |
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Klencí, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) |
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JindÅ™ich Å imon Baar (February 7, 1869 – October 24, 1925, both in KlenÄà pod ÄŒerchovem) was Czech writer and poet. As writer, he emphasized traditional moral values of countryside.
Born in peasant family, he studied religionistic and was ordained as Catholic priest in 1892. As priest Baar strived, unsuccessfully, for reforms in the church.
Among his novels are: autobiographic description of uneasy life as reform priest: Cestou křÞovou (1900), highly idealized depiction of peasant life Jan Cimbura (1908) and historical trilogy Panà komisarka (1923), OsmaÄtyÅ™icátnÃci (1924) and Lůsy (1925).
He also published several short stories and collections of fairy tales.
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