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Karel Jaromír Erben

Born

in Miletín u Jičína, Czech Republic

November 07, 1811

Died

November 21, 1870

Genre

Poetry, History

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Karel Jaromír Erben was a Czech historian, poet and writer of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection "Kytice", which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes.

He was born on November 7, 1811 in Miletín u Jičína. He went to college in Hradec Králové. Then, in 1831, he went to Prague where he studied philosophy and later law. He started working in the National Museum (Národní muzeum) with František Palacký in 1843. He became editor of a Prague's newspaper in 1848. Two years later, in 1850, he became archives' secretary of the National Museum. He died on November 21, 1870 of tuberculosis. ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 10,360 ratings · 378 reviews · 118 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kytice 3.94 avg rating — 9,587 ratings — published 1853 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Komiksová Kytice by Karel Jaromír Erben, Petr Holman (Illustrator), Jan Gruml (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Czech Fairytales by Karel Jaromír Erben, Božena Němcová, Lucie Müllerová (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	České Národní Pohádky 4.11 avg rating — 65 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tři zlaté vlasy děda Vševěda a jiné pohádky by Karel Jaromír Erben, Artuš Scheiner (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pohádky by Karel Jaromír Erben, Božena Němcová, Josef Lada (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zlatovláska by Karel Jaromír Erben, Artuš Scheiner (Illustrator), Jiří Blažek (Cover) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1865 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	České pohádky 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from Bohemia 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kytice - komiks by Karel Jaromír Erben, Daniela Horáčková (Contributor), Tomáš Chlud (Contributor) 3.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Karel Jaromír Erben (?)

“Však lépe v mylné naději sníti,
před sebou čirou temnotu,
nežli budoucnost odhaliti,
strašlivou poznati jistotu.”
― Karel Jaromír Erben, Kytice

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