KAREL HAVLICEK ["BOROVSKY".]
\kˈe͡əl hˈavla͡ɪsək bɔːɹˈɒvski], \kˈeəl hˈavlaɪsək bɔːɹˈɒvski], \k_ˈeə_l h_ˈa_v_l_aɪ_s_ə_k__ b_ɔː_ɹ_ˈɒ_v_s_k_i]\
Definitions of KAREL HAVLICEK ["BOROVSKY".]
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A Czech prose-writer and agitator; born at Borova, Oct. 31, 1821; died at Prague, July 29, 1856. As a tutor at Moscow, he gathered the material for his "Pictures from Russia". Later he became an influential journalist in Bohemia. His Czech agitation resulted in imprisonment for some years, during which he wrote "Tyrolese Elegies", satires popular with his countrymen. In 1855 he was released. He was the most picturesque figure in the "new Czech" movement. His fierce sarcasm and unsparing wit were the dread of friend and enemy alike, and not until he had been dead some years were the most effective of his epigrams published at all. His posthumous poem, "The Baptism of St. Vladimir", appeared first in 1877; and later his collected works were published at Prague.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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