Svatopluk Čech

His first poem, Husita na Baltu, was published in the almanac Ruch in 1868.

Similarly to his work Adamité, it is inspired by history (Hussite Wars).

His best known work today is a series of satirical novels, Výlety pana Broučka (1888, 1889), two of which were used as the basis for Janáček's opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century (Výlet pana Broučka do Měsíce/Výlet pana Broučka do XV.

[2] Čech himself appears as an apparition in Act Three of the opera.

Svatopluk Čech died in Prague on 23 February 1908 at the age of 62.