# List of Czech writers

Below is an alphabetical list of Czech writers.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer
* Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist
* Karel Slavoj Amerling, also known as Karl Slavomil Amerling or Slavoj Strnad Klatovský (1807–1884), teacher, writer, and philosopher
* Hana Andronikova (born 1967), writer
* Jakub Arbes (1840–1914), writer and journalist, realist
* Ludvík Aškenazy (1921–1986), writer and journalist
* Josef Augusta (1903–1968), paleontologist, geologist, and science popularizer

## B

* Jindřich Šimon Baar (1869–1925), Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose
* Bohuslav Balbín (1621–1688), writer and Jesuit
* Josef Barák (1833–1883), politician, journalist, and poet, member of the Májovci literary group
* Eduard Bass (1888–1946), writer, journalist, singer, and actor
* Jan František Beckovský (1658–1725), writer, historian, translator, and priest
* Kamil Bednář (1912–1972), poet, writer and translator
* Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (1555–1615), mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and philologist of Slovak origin, author of a Czech grammar
* Jan Beneš (1936–2007), writer and political prisoner
* Božena Benešová (1873–1936), prose writer.
* Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), novelist and screenwriter
* Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999), writer, philosopher and translator
* Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), poet and writer
* Konstantin Biebl (1898–1951), poet
* Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571), humanistic writer and composer
* Ivan Blatný (1919–1990), poet, member of Skupina 42 (Group 42)
* Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet, author, theatre critic and Dramaturg
* Anna Bolavá (born 1981) novelist and poet
* Egon Bondy (1930–2007), philosopher, writer, and poet, the main personality of the Prague underground
* Tereza Boučková (born 1957), writer, dramatist and screenwriter
* Emanuel Bozděc (1841 – c. 1890), dramatist.
* Zuzana Brabcová (born 1959), novelist
* Arthur Breisky (1885–1910), writer, translator, playwright
* Otokar Březina (1868–1929), Symbolist poet and essayist
* Bedřich Bridel (1619–1680), baroque writer, poet, and missionary
* Max Brod (1884–1968), Jewish German-speaking author, composer, and journalist

## C

* Josef Čapek (1887–1945)
* Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
* Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (1860–1927)
* Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908)
* František Čelakovský (1799–1852), poet and translator
* Jan Čep (1902–1974)
* Zuzana Černínová z Harasova (1600–1654), letter writer
* Petr Chelčický (c. 1390 – c. 1460)
* Václav Cílek (born 1955), geologist and science popularizer

## D

* Mikuláš Dačický z Heslova (1555–1629), poet and autobiographer.
* 'Dalimil' (died soon after 1314), anonymous author of the Boleslav Chronicle.
* Jakub Deml (1878–1961), priest and writer
* Dominika Dery (born 1975), poet, playwright, journalist, and memoirist, former ballet dancer
* Ivan Diviš (1924–1999), significant poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century
* Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829), linguist, lexicographer, and literary historian
* Jan Drda (1915–1970), prose writer and playwright
* Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962), prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist and surgeon
* Václav Dušek (born 1944), novelist.
* Viktor Dyk (1877–1931), poet, prose writer, playwright and politician

## E

* Pavel Eisner (1889–1958), writer, poet and translator
* Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870)
* Karla Erbová (born 1933), poet, prose writer, and journalist.[1

## F

* Ota Filip (born 1930)
* Otakar Fischer (1883–1938), translator, poet, literary historian and playwright.
* Viktor Fischl (1912–2006), poet, novelist and diplomat.
* Smil Flaška z Pardubic (1340s-1403).
* František Flos (1864–1961), novelist
* Jaroslav Foglar (1907–1999), novelist.
* Jaroslav Erik Frič (born 1949), poet and musician
* Jiří Fried (1923–1999), novelist.
* Luděk Frýbort (1933–2019), writer
* Norbert Frýd (1913–1976), writer, novelist, journalist and diplomat
* Emilie Fryšová (1840–1920), teacher, ethnographer and writer
* Julius Fučík (1903–1943)
* Renáta Fučíková (born 1964), illustrator and author of children's books
* Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994), novelist.

## G

* František Gellner (1881–1914), poet, short-story writer and anarchist.
* Adam Georgiev (born 1980), writer of gay literature
* Arnošt Goldflam (born 1949), playwright, director and actor.
* Hermann Grab (1903–1949), German-language writer
* Ladislav Grosman (1921–1981), novelist and screenwriter.
* Jiří Gruša (born 1938), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, and politician

## H

* Václav Hájek z Libočan († 1553)
* František Halas (1901–1949)
* Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874)
* Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923)
* Jiří Haussmann (1898–1923)
* Václav Havel (1936–2011)
* Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856)
* Iva Hercíková (1935–2007)
* Ignát Herrmann (1854–1935)
* Adolf Heyduk (1835–1923)
* Jaroslav Hilbert (1871–1936)
* Josef Hiršal (1920–2003), translator and poet
* Karel Hlaváček (1874–1898)
* Daniela Hodrová (born 1946)
* Vladimír Holan (1905–1980)
* Josef Holeček (1853–1929), South Bohemian writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose, and translator (Kalevala)
* Miroslav Holub (1923–1998), poet and immunologist
* Josef Hora (1891–1945)
* Egon Hostovský (1908–1973)
* Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997)
* Petra Hůlová (born 1979), novelist, playwright, journalist
* Anna Regina Husová (1857–1945), teacher, writer and cultural historian
* Jan Hus (c. 1369/1370–1415)

## J

* Vlasta Javořická (1890–1979)
* Josef Jedlička (1927–1990)
* Ivan Jelínek, poet.
* Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), journalist, writer, and translator
* Alois Jirásek (1851–1930)
* Ivan Martin Jirous (1944–2011)
* Josef Jungmann (1773–1847), lexicographer, linguist, translator, and poet

## K

* Martin Kabátník (died 1503).
* Franz Kafka (1883–1924)
* Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879), poet, writer, translator.
* Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951).
* Egon Kisch (1885–1948), German-language writer
* Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859), playwright
* Ivan Klíma (born 1931), playwright and director.
* Ladislav Klíma (1878–1928), philosopher and novelist
* Václav František Kocmánek (1607–1679)
* Pavel Kohout (born 1928)
* Ján Kollár (1793–1852), Slovak poet
* Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670)
* Karel Konrád (1899–1971)
* Vladimír Körner (born 1939), novelist
* Kosmas (c. 1045 – 1125)
* Petr Král (born 1941)
* Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926)
* Jiří Kratochvil (born 1940)
* Jan Křesadlo (1926–1995)
* Tomáš Krystlík (born 1947)
* Milan Kundera (1929–2023)

## L

* František Langer (1888–1965), dramatist and prose writer
* Květa Legátová (1919–2012), novelist and writer
* Paul Leppin (1878–1945), German-language writer
* Gustav Leutelt (1860–1947), German-language writer
* Věra Linhartová (born 1938), writer, art historian
* Šimon Lomnický z Budče (1552 – c. 1623), poet and moralist.
* Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011), novelist, short story writer and dramatist
* Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989), poet

## M

* Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836)
* Josef Svatopluk Machar (1864–1942)
* Jiří Mahen (1882–1939)
* Marie Majerová (1882–1967), novelist.
* Jiří Marek (1914–1994), writer, journalist, screenwriter
* Rudolf Medek (1890–1940)
* Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (1600–1676), composer and organ player
* Daniel Micka (born 1963), writer and translator from English
* Libuše Moníková (1945–1998), German-language writer
* Vilém Mrštík (1863–1912), novelist
* Jiří Mucha (1915–1991)

## N

* Ondřej Neff (born 1945)
* Vladimír Neff (1909–1983)
* Božena Němcová (1820–1862)
* Ludvík Němec (born 1957), novelist.
* Jan Neruda (1834–1891)
* Josef Nesvadba (1926–2005)
* Stanislav Kostka Neumann (1875–1947), poet and novelist.
* Vítězslav Nezval (1900–1958)
* Arne Novák (1880–1939)
* Teréza Nováková (1853–1912), feminist, writer and editor.
* Karel Nový (1890–1980)

## O

* Ivan Olbracht (1882–1952), writer, journalist and translator.
* Jiří Orten (1919–1941), poet.
* Jan Otčenášek (1924–1979), novelist and playwright.

## P

* František Palacký (1798–1876), historian
* Vladimír Páral (born 1932), novelist
* Ota Pavel (1930–1973)
* Jan Pelc (born 1957)
* Ferdinand Peroutka (1895–1978)
* Josef Věromír Pleva (1899–1985)
* Alexej Pludek (1923–2002)
* Hynek z Poděbrad (1452–1492)
* Karel Poláček (1892–1945)
* Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946)
* Lenka Procházková (born 1951), prose writer

## R

* Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), realist novelist, author of the so-called country prose, numerous books for youth and children, and several poems
* Vojtěch Rakous, pseudonym of Adalbert Östreicher (1862–1935), writer and journalist.
* Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971)
* Sylvie Richterová (born 1945), poet and literary scholar
* Václav Jan Rosa (c. 1620 – 1689), poet and philologist.
* Jaroslav Rudiš (born 1972), writer, journalist and musician.
* Vavřinec Leander Rvačovský ze Rvačova (1525 – after 1590), priest and prose writer.

## S

* Petr Šabach (1951–2017)
* Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), Slovak Slavicist, literary historian, and poet
* František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937), critic and essayist.
* Zdena Salivarová (born 1933), writer, translator and publisher
* Michal Šanda (born 1965)
* Prokop František Šedivý (1764 – c. 1810), playwright, actor, and translator of the National Revival era
* Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986)
* Ondřej Sekora (1899–1967), writer, journalist, cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, graphic
* Karol Sidon (born 1942)
* Jan Skácel (1922–1989)
* Vladimír Škutina (1931–1995)
* Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)
* Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet.
* Josef Karel Šlejhar (1864–1914), prose writer.
* Ladislav Smoček (born 1932), playwright and theater director
* Jiří Šotola (1924–1989), actor, poet and novelist.
* Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Impressionist and Symbolist poet
* Fráňa Šrámek (1877–1952), anarchist, impressionist, and vitalist, poet, novelist, and dramatist
* Pavel Šrut (1940–2018)
* Petr Stančík (born 1968)
* Antal Stašek (1843–1931)
* Vladimír Šlechta (born 1960)
* Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930–2018), biographer
* Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek (1783–1844), playwright
* Tomáš Štítný ze Štítného (c. 1333 – 1401/09)
* Eduard Štorch (1878–1956)
* Františka Stránecká (1839–1888), writer and collector of Moravian folklore
* Ladislav Stroupežnický (1850–1892)
* Karolína Světlá (1830–1899)
* Růžena Svobodová (1868–1920)

## T

* Karel Teige (1900–1951), art critic, journalist, and translator
* Felix Téver (1852 - 1932), pen name of Anna Lauermannová-Mikšová, writer and literary salon host
* Jindra Tichá (born 1937), writer and academic
* Pavel Tigrid (1917–2003), political journalist and essayist.
* Jan Tománek (born 1978) - Movie director and writer
* Filip Topol (1965–2013)
* Jáchym Topol (born 1962)
* Josef Topol (born 1935), playwright.
* Ctibor Tovačovský z Cimburka (1427–1494), legal and political theorist
* Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884)
* Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), playwright, writer and actor.

## U

* Milan Uhde (born 1936), playwright and politician.
* Ota Ulč (born 1930), Czech-American author and columnist
* Hermann Ungar (1893–1929), German-language writer
* Zdeněk Urbánek (1917–2008), writer and translator.
* Eli Urbanová (1922–2012), Esperantist novelist and poet

## V

* Josef Váchal (1884–1969)
* Ludvík Vaculík (1926–2015)
* Edvard Valenta (1901–1978)
* Vladislav Vančura (1891–1942)
* Fan Vavřincová (1917–2012)
* Jaroslav Velinský (1932–2012)
* Michal Viewegh (born 1962)
* Josef Vohryzek (1926–1998), literary critic.
* Viktor Vohryzek (1864–1918), writer, journalist and translator.
* Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – c. 1415)
* Jiří Voskovec (1905–1981)
* Alena Vostrá (1938–1992), novelist
* Václav Vratislav z Mitrovic (1576–1635), autobiographical writer.
* Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912)
* Ivan Vyskočil (born 1929), fiction writer and dramatist.

## W

* Alena Wagnerová (born 1936)
* Magdalena Wagnerová (born 1960), writer and editor
* Jiří Weil (1900–1959)
* Richard Weiner (1884–1937)
* Jan Weiss (1892–1972)
* Jiří Weiss (1913–2004)
* Franz Werfel (1890–1945)
* Ivan Wernisch (born 1942)
* Zikmund Winter (1846–1912)
* Jana Witthedová (born 1948)
* Jiří Wolker (1900–1924)

## Z

* Jan Zábrana (1931–1984)
* Jan Zahradníček (1905–1960)
* Pavel Zajíček (born 1951)
* Vojtěch Zamarovský (1919–2006)
* Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957)
* Julius Zeyer (1841–1901), poet, dramatist and novelist.
* Miroslav Zikmund (1919–2021)
* Karel Zlín (born 1937)
* Anna Zonová (born 1962)