František Vladislav Hek

František Vladislav Hek
Drawing of Hek by Theophil Reichel (1841)
Born(1769-04-11)11 April 1769
Died4 September 1847(1847-09-04) (aged 78)
Pen name
  • Anteprenumerarius
  • Antisulcius
  • Dobrota Smíchorád
  • J. Toužil
  • Vladislav Žerotín z Dobrovice
Occupation
Language
  • Czech
  • German
Spouse
Maria Anna Hek
(m. 1792; died 1821)
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František Vladislav Hek (11 April 1769 – 4 September 1847) was a Czech writer, bookseller, composer, and patriot active in the early phases of the Czech National Revival. He was a major inspiration behind the fictionalized novel F. L. Věk (1906) by Alois Jirásek.