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Jan Neruda (July 9, 1834 – August 22, 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".
Jan Neruda
Neruda's grave

Jan Neruda was born in Prague, Bohemia, son of a small grocer who lived in the Malá Strana (Lesser Town) district of Prague. After studying philosophy and philology, he worked as a teacher until 1860, when he became a freelance journalist and writer. Neruda never married but had a close relationship to the writer Karolína Svetlá.

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, Lesser Town Tales /also Tales of Little 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 Town, to its streets and yards, shops, churches, houses, and restaurants.

He died in 1891 and was interred in the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. After his death, one of the streets in Lesser Quarter (Ostruhová Street well known from his books), now Nerudova ulice (Neruda Street), was named after him.

The Chilean poet Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto (Pablo Neruda), Nobel Prize in Literature 1971, took his pseudonym after Jan Neruda.

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Short Description: Tales about local picturesque people at Lesser Town. Book Title: Lesser Town Tales / also Tales of Little Quarter/ Author's Name: Jan Neruda Name of Waymarked Item: Nerudova street Location of Item: street More Information: The waymark is in a street at Lesser Town - in the street, that is today named by Jan Neruda. Neruda discribed in the book common life of people at Lesser Town about year 1850 as he had remebred it. The stories from the book take place in this street and also in other streets of Lesser Town. First Year Published: Not listed Admission Price?: Not Listed Link to more information about the book or waymarked item.: Not listed

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