Karel Hynek Mácha

Czechoslovakian poet. Although he grew up in a poor family, he studied hard and spent most of his short life as a student at university, moving from law to philosophy, and passed away shortly after graduation. He is considered a representative of the patriotic romanticism of the first half of the 19th century, and is also one of the most representative poets of the Czech Republic. He wrote poetry in German from his gymnasium days, but after entering university he began to write poetry in his native Czech, singing beautifully of nature and his homeland. The only work published during his lifetime was the lyric epic poem "May" (1836), but it immortalized his name and established the style of Czech poetry thereafter. After his death, many of his lyric poems and letters were edited, and his novel "Gypsies" (1867) was also published.

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チェコスロバキアの詩人。貧しい家庭に育ちながらも勉学に努め、大学も法学部から哲学部へと短い生涯のほとんどを学生として送り、卒業後まもなく世を去った。19世紀前半の愛国的ロマン派の代表とされ、同時にチェコを代表する詩人の1人でもある。ギムナジウム時代からドイツ語の詩を書いたが、大学進学後は母国語であるチェコ語で詩をつくり始め、自然と祖国を美しく歌い上げた。生前公刊されたのは、叙情詩的叙事詩『マーイ（5月）』（1836）一編だけであるが、これは彼の名を不朽にし、以後のチェコ語の詩体を確立した。死後、多くの叙情詩や書簡などが編集され、小説『ジプシーたち』（1867）なども公刊されている。

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