Jan Čarek


Jan Čarek was a Czech poet, essayist, and literary critic. He was greatly popular in his day for his children's books a "rural" poetry.

Biography

From 1910 to 1918 he studied at the gymnasium in Písek. He was initially working as a railway clerk. Since 1946 he started his professional writer career.
Since the 1920s he regularly published his works in a number of Czech literary magazines. After 1948 he devoted himself almost exclusively to children's literature.

Works