Jakub Arbes (June 12, 1840, Prague (Smíchov) – April 8, 1914, Prague) was a Czech writer and journalist, sympathizer of the Májovci literary group and creator of the new genre called romanetto. Although sympathetic to the Májovci group, he was not part of it, because they created under different circumstances.

Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2.1 Romanettos 2.2 Novels 2.3 Journalism 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Life

He was a pupil of Jan Neruda for the short time, later he studied polytechnic. However, his studies remained unfinished, and Arbes decided to devote himself to the journalist profession. From 1867 to 1877 he worked in the Národní listy newspaper. In 1873 - 1874 was Arbes tried and arrested as a member of the opposing movement^[1]. Later he cooperated with Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic and Josef Svatopluk Machar, the prominent members of Czech culture in that time.

[edit] Works

[edit] Romanettos

• Ďábel na skřipci (1865)
• Elegie o černých očích (1865–1867)
• Svatý Xaverius (1873)
• Sivooký démon (1873)
• Zázračná madona (1875)
• Ukřižovaná (1876)
• Newtonův mozek (1877)
• Akrobati (1878)
• Zborcené harfy tón (1885–1886)
• Lotr Gólo (1886)
• Duhový bod nad hlavou (1889)
• Duhokřídlá Psýché (1891)
• Kandidáti existence
• Etiopská lilie

[edit] Novels

• Moderní upíři
• Štrajchpudlíci
• Mesiáš
• Anděl míru
• Kandidáti existence
• Český Paganini
• Záhadné povahy
• Z duševní dílny básníků

[edit] Journalism

• Epizody
• Pláč koruny české neboli Nová persekuce

[edit] See also

• List of Czech writers

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jakub Arbes

• Works by Jakub Arbes at Project Gutenberg