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Karel Sladkovský | |
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 Karel Sladkovský by Jan Vilímek in c. 1875 | |
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| Born | 22 June 1823 Prague-Malá Strana, Bohemia, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 4 March 1880 (aged 56) Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Alma mater | Gymnasium in Malá Strana |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Karel Sladkovský (22 June 1823 – 4 March 1880) was a Czech lawyer, politician and journalist.
Early life and education
[edit]Born the son of a tailor in Malá Strana in Prague, Sladkovský studied gymnasium of Malá Strana and later finished studies of law at the University of Vienna. He was presented at Prague Slavic Congress and later took part in the June revolution of 1848 as a Prague student leader during the fights on the barricades.[1] He was arrested and also accused of involvement in the May Conspiracy.[2] Initially sentenced to death in 1850, he was later pardoned and given 20 years in prison. Finally he was released in 1857 due to a general amnesty. In 1861, he received official rehabilitation.
From 1860 he worked as an editor at the newspapers Čas, Hlas and Národní listy. He later became one of the most prominent figures in Czech public life during the era of late Czech National Revival: with interruptions he served as a member of the Bohemian Diet from 1862 to 1880, also was a leading spokesman of the Czech national movement and keynote speaker at the laying of the foundation stone of the National Theatre.[3] Sladkovský was member of a National Party (Old Czech Party)[4] and later a co-founder of the Young Czech Party in 1874.
He and František Ladislav Rieger negotiated with the government about the return of Czech deputies to the Reichsrat. In 1879 Sladkovský was elected for the mandate again, but was unable to assume office due to ill health.[citation needed]
Karel Sladkovský died on 4 March 1880, aged 56. He was buried at Olšany Cemetery to the tomb created by sculptor Josef Václav Myslbek.[citation needed]
Memorials
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Since the time of his death he was popularly commemorated by building the statues or renaming the streets and squares after him, including Sladkovského Square in Prague-Žižkov.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Polisensky, Josef V. (2015-07-29). Aristocrats and the Crowd in the Revolutionary Year 1848: A Contribution to the History of Revolution and Counter-Revolution. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-1626-7.
- ^ Cornis-Pope, Marcel; Neubauer, John (2004-05-28). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 978-90-272-9553-8.
- ^ Music Makes the Nation. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-62196-871-9.
- ^ Toman, Jindřich (2023-05-01). Bohemia's Jews and Their Nineteenth Century: Texts, Contexts, Reassessments. Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. ISBN 978-80-246-5288-7.
- ^ "Prague City Line » Church of St. Prokop". Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
Further reading
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- Bouček, Antonín; Sladkovský, Karel: Karel Sladkovský. Prague: Orbis, 1948. (in Czech)
- Vývoj konstitucionalismu v českých zemích. Linde Praha. ISBN 978-80-7201-927-4. (in Czech)
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