Jaroslav Vrchlický & 6086 Vrchlicky Asteroid - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 04.481 E 014° 24.850
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Jaroslav Vrchlický (17 February 1853 in Louny, Bohemia – 9 September 1912 in Domažlice) was one of the greatest Czech lyrical poets. He was born Emil Bohuslav Frída, Vrchlický being a pseudonym.
Waymark Code: WMTP6F
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/21/2016
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He also wrote epic poetry, plays, prose and literary essays and translated widely from various languages, introducing e.g. Dante, Goethe, Shelley, Baudelaire, Poe, and Whitman to Czech literature. He was one of the main voices in Lumír magazine from 1851.
Vrchlický's life was the subject of a 1997 novel, Za trochu lásky....
Plaque Inscription:
EN: Here lived a great many of his works created Jaroslav Vrchlický in the years 1898-1910
CZ: Zde žil a cetná velká svá díla vytvoril Jaroslav Vrchlický v letech 1898-1910
6086 Vrchlicky Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: Zdenka Vávrová
Date of discovery: 15 12. 1987
Website of the Extraterrestrial Location: [Web Link]
Website of location on Earth: [Web Link]
Celestial Body: Asteroid
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