Background
He was born in the village of Stanový in the Jablonec nad Nisou District of northern Bohemia.
He was born in the village of Stanový in the Jablonec nad Nisou District of northern Bohemia.
Jagiellonian University.
From 1877, Stašek was a successful barrister in Semily. His work is mainly set in the area around the Krkonoše mountains that straddle the today"s border between the Czechoslovakian Republic and Poland. His best known novel is Matusch the Shoemaker and his Friends, published posthumously in 1932.
Stašek worked briefly in Mohelnice before moving in 1913 to Prague, where he spent the rest of his life.
Stašek was heavily influenced by socialism and social justice and was perhaps the first Czechoslovakian writer to work with these themes.