Education
Hladík studied at a gymnasium and a commercial academy in Prague.
Hladík studied at a gymnasium and a commercial academy in Prague.
Being prolific and somewhat popular in his time, his name and works later fell into obscurity. In 1887, while working as a clerk in Živnostenská bank, he started to study at a business academy in Prague. In 1891 he became editor in newspaper Národní politika.
Between 1899 - 1906 Hladík was the editor-in-chief of Czechoslovakian literary magazine Lumír and in this role he frequently travelled to France, England, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
In 1908 he was awarded by the Presidential Gold Medal for promoting French-Czechoslovakian cultural relations. Hladík"s name possibly inspired Jorge Luis Borges for the main character of the story The Secret Miracle (see the article for details).