Jakub Deml was a Czech Catholic priest and writer.
14 Facts About Jakub Deml
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Jakub Deml was born in Tasov near Trebic, Austria-Hungary, now the Czech Republic on 20 August 1878 as a firstborn child of a small store owner Jakub Deml and his second wife Antonie Demlova, born Belochova.
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In 1889 at the age of 11, Jakub was sent to a German family in Wulzeshofen by Laa in Austria where he learnt German.
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Jakub Deml studied high school in Gymnazium Trebic where he started to publish his first works in the journal Sursum.
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In 1905, Jakub Deml stopped publishing in Novy zivot and started to criticize catholic modernism and clericalism, which made him unpopular with many church representatives.
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Jakub Deml put high hopes in the new republican order which started in Czechoslovakia in 1918.
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Jakub Deml was allowed to lead a Mass but was still prohibited from preaching and confessions.
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In 1922 Jakub Deml moved to his birthplace Tasov where he permanently settled.
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Jakub Deml's house, designed by the famous architect Bohuslav Fuchs, served as his home until Deml's death.
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Later in life Jakub Deml stated that he valued president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, even though he disagreed with him on many points.
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In 1934 Jakub Deml published one of his most famous novels Forgotten Light.
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Jakub Deml volunteered to be kept as a hostage instead of others, however shortly afterwards the Soviet Army freed the town and all hostages were released.
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Jakub Deml was released after a short period but then was hospitalized again and died on 10 February 1961 in the Trebic hospital.
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Jakub Deml became one of the most important Czech authors of the 1920s and 1930s.