Ladislav klima biography

Ladislav Klíma (22 August 1878 – 19 April 1928) was a Czech philosopher and novelist.
Ladislav Klíma was a Czech philosopher and novelist.
Ladislav Klíma was born August 22, 1878, in the western Bohemian town of Domažlice.

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Ladislav Klíma v české kultuře

Matěj Klíma

The monograph deals with the reception of Ladislav Klíma’s work and personality in Czech culture. It is divided into four sections. In the first one we focus on the reactions to his work during his lifetime. In addition to the reflection on the plays and published books, we also follow small magazine polemics and partially explain the biographical background of published books. In the second section we examine the changes in the perception of Klíma after his death in 1928 until 1948. We present reviews of posthumously published books, obituaries and key interpretations of Klíma’s thought. We examine the relations of avant-garde artists to Klíma and the personalities who significantly influenced the fate of his work. The third part presents reflections on Klíma’s work after the communist coup in 1948 until the revolution in 1989. We look at the efforts to eradicate the author’s name from cultural consciousness, marxist interpretations of his thought, the prominent authors of Czech literature who were influenced by him, interpretations

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Ladislav Klíma

Czech philosopher

Ladislav Klíma (22 August 1878 – 19 April 1928) was a Czech philosopher and novelist. He was influenced by George Berkeley, Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche. His philosophy is referred to varyingly as existentialism and subjective idealism.

Life

Ladislav Klíma was born in Domažlice in western Bohemia. He came from a moderately wealthy family. After expulsion from the school system in 1895 for allegedly insulting the State, the Church, and — out of what he described as "historical analphabetism"^[1] — the Habsburgs, he lived alternately in Tyrol, Zürich, and Prague. As part of his philosophy he only ever took on short term work. For a time he also lived off occasional royalties from his publications and the periodic generosity of his friends. While only part of Klíma's work was published before his death, many manuscripts were edited posthumously, among which were his stories and letters. Many manuscripts he destroyed himself. Klíma spent the later part of his life living in a hotel, shining shoes for a living,

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Klima, Ladislav. The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch

Prague. 2000. Twisted Spoon Press. 1st English Language Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 8086264106. Illustrated by The Michal Vavrecka. Translated from the Czech by Carleton Bulkin. 224 pages. hardcover. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Ladislav Klima (1878-1928) is considered to be one of the preeminent Czech philosophers of the 20th century, and arguably the greatest of the prewar era. His work has influenced artists of all stripes, most notably Bohumil Hrabal and the Plastic People of the Universe. His approach toward philosophy was similar to that of the sages of ancient India: philosophy should not be limited to speaking or writing about it, it should be lived. This led Klima to embark on a life-long pursuit of becoming 'God,' which he equated with Absolute Will. Drawing his greatest inspiration from Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, he developed his conception of will and radical subjectivism in numerous essays, aphorisms, prose works, and plays. Though he wrote many novels and sto