1875 Neruda & Jan Neruda - Vysehrad Slavin Cemetery (Prague)
N 50° 03.865 E 014° 25.125
33U E 458399 N 5545954
Main-belt asteroid 1875 Neruda (1969 QQ) bears name of the Czech journalist, writer and poet Jan Neruda. The given coordinates mark his grave, which is located in the Czech national burial ground, the Slavín cemetery in Prague-Vyšehrad.
Waymark Code: WMVDJ0
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/05/2017
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Main-belt asteroid 1875 Neruda (1969 QQ) bears name of the Czech journalist, writer and poet Jan Neruda. The given coordinates mark his grave, which is located in the Czech national burial ground, the Slavín cemetery in Prague-Vyšehrad.
Main-belt asteroid 1875 Neruda (1969 QQ) was discovered by a Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at Hamburg Observatory on August 22, 1969.
Jan Nepomuk Neruda (9 July 1834 – 22 August 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".
In his work Neruda promoted the idea of rebirth of Czech patriotism. He participated in all the central cultural and political struggles of his generation, and gained a reputation as a sensitive critic. Neruda became, with Vítezslav Hálek, the most prominent representative of the new literary trends.
Neruda was known for his satirical depiction of the petty bourgeois of Prague. His most popular prose work is Povídky malostranské (1877, Tales of the Lesser Quarter), a collection of short stories, which was translated into English in 1957 by the novelist and mystery writer Ellis Peters. Neruda's stories take the reader to the Lesser Quarter, to its streets and yards, shops, churches, houses, and restaurants. [wiki]