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Jan Karafiát

Jimramov 1846 - Praha 1929
Czech clergyman of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren and author; best known for his classic children's book Broučci (beetle), first published in the early 1870s
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Antonín Lhoták
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Description

Bronze commemorative plaque with relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

zde se narodil 4. ledna 1846
spisovatel "broučků"
JAN KARAFIÁT
evang. reform. farář

Here was born on 4 January 1846
the writer of "Fireflies"
Jan Karafiát
evang. reform. vicar

Signed: lhotak
provedla fa. krátký a jirák praha iii

Sculptor

Antonín Lhoták (Osek 1897 - Osek 1975), Czech sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

Kraj Vysočina, Stopy slavných osobností.
Jimramov, Památky a zajímavosti.

Locatie (N 49°38'4" - E 16°13'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czvy003; Photograph: 4 September 2012
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