Ignát Herrmann

Ignát Herrmann (12 August 1854 in Chotěboř – 8 July 1935 in Řevnice) was a Czech novelist, satirist and editor.

The thirteenth child of a solicitor's copyist, he attended school in Hradec Králové, then in 1868 travelled to Prague to begin a career in retail.

His literary work was closely tied to his journalism, and mostly dealt with the personalities and life of Prague.

He wrote several serial novels like Páté přes deváté and Muž bez třináctky.

German translations are collected in Allerlei Tierchen und Leuchten (1935) and Ausgewählte Geschichten (1908).