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22: 92: 274:. His friends that stayed, such as Jan Zahradníček, were subjected to cruel persecution. The poet Zahradníček was sentenced to 13 years of prison for his "anti-socialistic thinking" and died a few weeks after being released from prison in the 1960s. 255:(their correspondence was published in the 1990s as a book) and made visits to a Dominican cloister in Olomouc to see his other friend, a monk, theologian and literature critic named 189: 402: 264: 256: 227:, to a family of peasants. After completing his studies at the Gymnasium in Litovel, from 1922 to 1926 he studied Czech, English and French linguistics at 392: 251:, he returned to his native village and led a solitary life out of politics and public life. He only corresponded with his best friend, the poet 51: 407: 239:
and worked in its publishing house as a translator. After later having been seduced by Florian's elder sister, he returned to
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Etudy pro paní J. (1986, Etudes for Mrs. J.), novel published posthumously in Munich
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After the communist takeover in 1948, Jan fled into exile and lived in
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Sestra úzkost (1975, My Sister Fear), memoirs/essay, published in Rome
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O lidský svět (1953, Human World), essays published in Rome
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Cikáni (1953, Gypsies), novel published in Munich exile
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he returned to Prague and worked as an editor in the
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and worked as a translator for the publishing houses
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Děravý plášť (1934, Perforated Cloak), short stories
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