Jakub Deml was born 1878 in Tasov near Třebíč, Bohemia, and died in 1961 in Třebíč.
Life
Between 1902-1909 Deml was a Catholic priest, suspended in 1912. He then became one of the great Bohemian authors of 1920s and 1930s. Publishing of his books was prohibited after the communist coup in 1948.
Main works
- Zapomenuté světlo [Forgotten Light], published 1934 and confiscated by moral censors for 'obscenous moments' - in fact this book is probably greatest prose work of 30ties as Roman Jakobson said. The only scandal I see is no English translation available today. It was made into a film by Vladimír Michálek in 1996.
- Podzimní sen [Autumn Dream], written 1951, published in London 1984, first home edition Prague 1992
- Moji přátelé [My friends], 1913
- Miriam, 1916
- Hrad smrti [Castle of Death], 1912
- Notantur lumina, 1907, 1917 [First Lights]
- Matylka, 1937
- Šlépěje, so-called 'One-Man-Review', Deml's own periodical with essays, poems, diary notes, letters, pamphlets, tractates etc., published between 1917 and 1941, completely 26 volumes.
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