Václav Kliment Klicpera

Václav Kliment Klicpera (23 November 1792 – 15 September 1859) was a Czech playwright, writer, and poet.

After graduating from a gymnasium (a European secondary school) in 1813, he moved to Prague.

In June 1819 he was made a professor at a gymnasium in Hradec Králové.

He is also recognized for his farces (in Czech frašky), in the Plautine tradition.

He died in Prague and is buried in the city's Olšany Cemetery.