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    Alois Jirásek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalojs ˈjɪraːsɛk]) (23 August 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – 12 March 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author...
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  • surname include: Alois Jirásek, Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays František Jirásek, Czech footballer Jindřich Jirásek, Czech footballer...
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  • Alois (Latinized Aloysius) is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include Aloïs (French), Aloys (German), Alois (Czech), Alojz (Slovak...
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    The statue of Alois Jirásek (Czech: Pomník Aloise Jiráska) is an outdoor sculpture by Karel Pokorný and Jaroslav Fragner, installed in Prague, Czech Republic...
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    mistakenly identified as the creator of the clock in a legend related by Alois Jirásek. Astronomical clock "History of Prague Orloj". Radio Prague International...
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  • Lucerna is a Czech fairy-tale play in four acts, written by Alois Jirásek in 1905. It premiered on 17 November 1905 at the National Theatre in Prague...
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    this is now known to be a historical mistake. A legend, recounted by Alois Jirásek, has it that the clockmaker Hanuš was blinded on the order of the Prague...
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    the silhouette of a Bohemian sheepdog with a longer coat at the neck. Alois Jirásek, writing in his 1884 novel Psohlavci concerning the Chod revolt of 1695...
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  • Old Czech Legends (category Films based on works by Alois Jirásek)
    Jiří Trnka. It is based on the 1894 book Ancient Bohemian Legends by Alois Jirásek. After the completion of Prince Bayaya in 1950, Trnka was praised by...
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    specify the location of Čech and Lech's homeland Charvaty, but in the Alois Jirásek retelling of Staré pověsti české (Old Bohemian Legends) from 1894 it...
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