- Bedřich Bridel
Bedřich Bridel, or Fridrich Bridelius, (1619,
Vysoké Mýto –October 15 ,1680 ,Kutná Hora ) was a Czechbaroque writer, poet, and missionary.Biography
He studied at the Jesuit gymnasium in
Prague . In 1637 he entered the Jesuit order, he was ordained as a priest around 1650.cite book |title=Slovník českých spisovatelů |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=ed. Věra Menclová, Václav Vaněk |year=2005 |publisher=Libri |location=Prague |isbn=80-7277-179-5 |pages=p. 96-97 |url= cs icon] From 1656 to 1660 he led the printing office of the Jesuits in the PragueClementinum . Following the 1660 he devoted himself exclusively to the missionary and predicatory activities in Bohemia.cite book |title=Slovník českých spisovatelů |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=ed. Věra Menclová, Václav Vaněk |year=2005 |publisher=Libri |location=Prague |isbn=80-7277-179-5 |pages=p. 96-97 |url= cs icon] He died ofplague .Work
Bridel´s literary output is varied, he used more forms and genres. The majority of his works are catechetic books. He also translated the German and Latin texts into Czech.cite book |title=Slovník českých spisovatelů |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=ed. Věra Menclová, Václav Vaněk |year=2005 |publisher=Libri |location=
Prague |isbn=80-7277-179-5 |pages=p. 96-97 |url= cs icon]See also
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List of Czech writers References
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