Josef Barák

[[File:Josef Barák – Jan Vilímek – České album (cropped).jpg|thumb|Portrail of Josef Barák by Jan Vilímek]] '''Josef Barák''' (26 January 1833 in Prague – 15 November 1883 in Prague) was a Czech politician, journalist and poet. He was a member of the ''Májovci'' literary group. He became close with Jindřich Fügner; Fügner sent money to Barák when the latter was imprisoned in 1860.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nolte |first=C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1-ADAAAQBAJ |title=The Sokol in the Czech Lands to 1914: Training for the Nation |date=2002-09-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-28868-3 |page=45}}</ref> According to Fügner's daughter, it was the first time her father supported a Czech cause.

From 1867 to 1873, Barák published the fortnightly newspaper ''Svoboda'' ('Freedom') in Prague.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fasora |first1=Lukáš|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69lMAwAAQBAJ |title=Secularization and the Working Class: The Czech Lands and Central Europe in the 19th Century |last2=Hanuš |first2=Jiří|last3=Malíř|first3=Jiří|date=2011-07-01 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-61097-014-3 |page=92}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|Poetry}} * List of Czech writers

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