František Gellner (19 June 1881 – disappeared September 1914) was a Czech poet, short story writer, artist and anarchist.

František Gellner was born to a poor Jewish family in Mladá Boleslav (Jungbunzlau), Bohemia.

[1] His student room above his father's shop was the place of his first writing attempts – he covered the walls with his provocative poems and caricatures.

[1] He studied at the gymnasium in Mladá Boleslav where he contributed to the student journals Lípa, Lucerna, Pêle-Mêle and Mládí with poems, translations and drawings.

His poem Patnáct lahví koňaku (Fifteen bottles of cognac) which he wrote at the age of 15 was published in Švanda dudák journal (edited by Ignát Herrmann).

[1] The next collection Radosti života (Joys of Life) shifted the point of view from subject to object and throws the disbelief more on society.

[1] He also wrote satirical poems in Karel Havlíček Borovský's style which were published mostly in papers and journals.

Another piece from the book Básně z pozůstalosti that is typical for Gellner's Bohemian lifestyle begins with this strophe:

Nezemru já od práce, nezahynu bídou, nezalknu se v oprátce, skončím syfilidou.