Jindřich Šimon Baar (February 7, 1869, Klenčí pod Čerchovem – October 24, 1925, Klenčí pod Čerchovem) 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^[1]. 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.

Contents 1 Works 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Works

Among his novels are:

• Cestou křížovou (1900) – the first fruit, autobiographic description of the uneasy life as a reform priest
• Pro kravičku (1905)
• Farská panička (1906)
• 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.

[edit] See also

• List of Czech writers

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Czech) Biography
• (Czech) Museum of Jindřich Šimon Baar in Klenčí pod Čerchovem
• English translation of Jan Cimbura by Blanch Zelmer

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