List of Czech writers

Below is an alphabetical list of Czech writers.

A

 * Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer
 * Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist
 * Karel Slavoj Amerling, also known as Karl Slavomil Amerling or Slavoj Strnad Klatovský (1807–1884), teacher, writer, and philosopher
 * Hana Andronikova (born 1967), writer
 * Jakub Arbes (1840–1914), writer and journalist, realist
 * Ludvík Aškenazy (1921–1986), writer and journalist
 * Josef Augusta (1903–1968), paleontologist, geologist, and science popularizer

B

 * Jindřich Šimon Baar (1869–1925), Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose
 * Bohuslav Balbín (1621–1688), writer and Jesuit
 * Josef Barák (1833–1883), politician, journalist, and poet, member of the Májovci literary group
 * Eduard Bass (1888–1946), writer, journalist, singer, and actor
 * Jan František Beckovský (1658–1725), writer, historian, translator, and priest
 * Kamil Bednář (1912–1972), poet, writer and translator
 * Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (1555–1615), mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and philologist of Slovak origin, author of a Czech grammar
 * Jan Beneš (1936–2007), writer and political prisoner
 * Božena Benešová (1873–1936), prose writer.
 * Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), novelist and screenwriter
 * Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999), writer, philosopher and translator
 * Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), poet and writer
 * Konstantin Biebl (1898–1951), poet
 * Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571), humanistic writer and composer
 * Ivan Blatný (1919–1990), poet, member of Skupina 42 (Group 42)
 * Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet, author, theatre critic and Dramaturg
 * Anna Bolavá (born 1981) novelist and poet
 * Egon Bondy (1930–2007), philosopher, writer, and poet, the main personality of the Prague underground
 * Tereza Boučková (born 1957), writer, dramatist and screenwriter
 * Emanuel Bozděc (1841 – c. 1890), dramatist.
 * Zuzana Brabcová (born 1959), novelist
 * Arthur Breisky (1885–1910), writer, translator, playwright
 * Otokar Březina (1868–1929), Symbolist poet and essayist
 * Bedřich Bridel (1619–1680), baroque writer, poet, and missionary
 * Max Brod (1884–1968), Jewish German-speaking author, composer, and journalist

C

 * Josef Čapek (1887–1945)
 * Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
 * Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (1860–1927)
 * Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908)
 * František Čelakovský (1799–1852), poet and translator
 * Jan Čep (1902–1974)
 * Zuzana Černínová z Harasova (1600–1654), letter writer
 * Petr Chelčický (c. 1390 – c. 1460)
 * Václav Cílek (born 1955), geologist and science popularizer

D

 * Mikuláš Dačický z Heslova (1555–1629), poet and autobiographer.
 * 'Dalimil' (died soon after 1314), anonymous author of the Boleslav Chronicle.
 * Jakub Deml (1878–1961), priest and writer
 * Dominika Dery (born 1975), poet, playwright, journalist, and memoirist, former ballet dancer
 * Ivan Diviš (1924–1999), significant poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century
 * Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829), linguist, lexicographer, and literary historian
 * Jan Drda (1915–1970), prose writer and playwright
 * Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962), prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist and surgeon
 * Václav Dušek (born 1944), novelist.
 * Viktor Dyk (1877–1931), poet, prose writer, playwright and politician

E

 * Pavel Eisner (1889–1958), writer, poet and translator
 * Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870)
 * Karla Erbová (born 1933), poet, prose writer, and journalist.[1

F

 * Ota Filip (born 1930)
 * Otakar Fischer (1883–1938), translator, poet, literary historian and playwright.
 * Viktor Fischl (1912–2006), poet, novelist and diplomat.
 * Smil Flaška z Pardubic (1340s-1403).
 * František Flos (1864–1961), novelist
 * Jaroslav Foglar (1907–1999), novelist.
 * Jaroslav Erik Frič (born 1949), poet and musician
 * Norbert Frýd (1913–1976), writer, novelist, journalist and diplomat
 * Julius Fučík (1903–1943)
 * Renáta Fučíková (born 1964), illustrator and author of children's books
 * Jiří Fried (1923–1999), novelist.
 * Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994), novelist.

G

 * František Gellner (1881–1914), poet, short-story writer and anarchist.
 * Adam Georgiev (born 1980), writer of gay literature
 * Arnošt Goldflam (born 1949), playwright, director and actor.
 * Hermann Grab (1903–1949), German-language writer
 * Ladislav Grosman (1921–1981), novelist and screenwriter.
 * Jiří Gruša (born 1938), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, and politician

H

 * Václav Hájek z Libočan († 1553)
 * František Halas (1901–1949)
 * Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874)
 * Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923)
 * Jiří Haussmann (1898–1923)
 * Václav Havel (1936–2011)
 * Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856)
 * Iva Hercíková (1935–2007)
 * Ignát Herrmann (1854–1935)
 * Adolf Heyduk (1835–1923)
 * Jaroslav Hilbert (1871–1936)
 * Josef Hiršal (1920–2003), translator and poet
 * Karel Hlaváček (1874–1898)
 * Daniela Hodrová (born 1946)
 * Vladimír Holan (1905–1980)
 * Josef Holeček (1853–1929), South Bohemian writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose, and translator (Kalevala)
 * Miroslav Holub (1923–1998), poet and immunologist
 * Josef Hora (1891–1945)
 * Egon Hostovský (1908–1973)
 * Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997)
 * Petra Hůlová (born 1979), novelist, playwright, journalist
 * Jan Hus (c. 1369/1370–1415)

J

 * Vlasta Javořická (1890–1979)
 * Josef Jedlička (1927–1990)
 * Ivan Jelínek, poet.
 * Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), journalist, writer, and translator
 * Alois Jirásek (1851–1930)
 * Ivan Martin Jirous (1944–2011)
 * Josef Jungmann (1773–1847), lexicographer, linguist, translator, and poet

K

 * Martin Kabátník (died 1503).
 * Franz Kafka (1883–1924)
 * Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879), poet, writer, translator.
 * Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951).
 * Egon Kisch (1885–1948), German-language writer
 * Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792–1859), playwright
 * Ivan Klíma (born 1931), playwright and director.
 * Ladislav Klíma (1878–1928), philosopher and novelist
 * Václav František Kocmánek (1607–1679)
 * Pavel Kohout (born 1928)
 * Ján Kollár (1793–1852), Slovak poet
 * Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670)
 * Karel Konrád (1899–1971)
 * Vladimír Körner (born 1939), novelist
 * Kosmas (c. 1045 – 1125)
 * Petr Král (born 1941)
 * Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926)
 * Jiří Kratochvil (born 1940)
 * Jan Křesadlo (1926–1995)
 * Tomáš Krystlík (born 1947)
 * Milan Kundera (1929–2023)

L

 * František Langer (1888–1965), dramatist and prose writer
 * Květa Legátová (1919–2012), novelist and writer
 * Paul Leppin (1878–1945), German-language writer
 * Gustav Leutelt (1860–1947), German-language writer
 * Věra Linhartová (born 1938), writer, art historian
 * Šimon Lomnický z Budče (1552 – c. 1623), poet and moralist.
 * Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011), novelist, short story writer and dramatist
 * Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989), poet

M

 * Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836)
 * Josef Svatopluk Machar (1864–1942)
 * Jiří Mahen (1882–1939)
 * Marie Majerová (1882–1967), novelist.
 * Jiří Marek (1914–1994), writer, journalist, screenwriter
 * Rudolf Medek (1890–1940)
 * Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (1600–1676), composer and organ player
 * Daniel Micka (born 1963), writer and translator from English
 * Libuše Moníková (1945–1998), German-language writer
 * Vilém Mrštík (1863–1912), novelist
 * Jiří Mucha (1915–1991)

N

 * Ondřej Neff (born 1945)
 * Vladimír Neff (1909–1983)
 * Božena Němcová (1820–1862)
 * Ludvík Němec (born 1957), novelist.
 * Jan Neruda (1834–1891)
 * Josef Nesvadba (1926–2005)
 * Stanislav Kostka Neumann (1875–1947), poet and novelist.
 * Vítězslav Nezval (1900–1958)
 * Arne Novák (1880–1939)
 * Teréza Nováková (1853–1912), feminist, writer and editor.
 * Karel Nový (1890–1980)

O

 * Ivan Olbracht (1882–1952), writer, journalist and translator.
 * Jiří Orten (1919–1941), poet.
 * Jan Otčenášek (1924–1979), novelist and playwright.

P

 * František Palacký (1798–1876), historian
 * Vladimír Páral (born 1932), novelist
 * Ota Pavel (1930–1973)
 * Jan Pelc (born 1957)
 * Ferdinand Peroutka (1895–1978)
 * Josef Věromír Pleva (1899–1985)
 * Alexej Pludek (1923–2002)
 * Hynek z Poděbrad (1452–1492)
 * Karel Poláček (1892–1945)
 * Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946)
 * Lenka Procházková (born 1951), prose writer

R

 * Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), realist novelist, author of the so-called country prose, numerous books for youth and children, and several poems
 * Vojtěch Rakous, pseudonym of Adalbert Östreicher (1862–1935), writer and journalist.
 * Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971)
 * Sylvie Richterová (born 1945), poet and literary scholar
 * Václav Jan Rosa (c. 1620 – 1689), poet and philologist.
 * Jaroslav Rudiš (born 1972), writer, journalist and musician.
 * Vavřinec Leander Rvačovský ze Rvačova (1525 – after 1590), priest and prose writer.

S

 * Petr Šabach (1951–2017)
 * Pavel Josef Šafařík (1795–1861), Slovak Slavicist, literary historian, and poet
 * František Xaver Šalda (1867–1937), critic and essayist.
 * Zdena Salivarová (born 1933), writer, translator and publisher
 * Michal Šanda (born 1965)
 * Prokop František Šedivý (1764 – c. 1810), playwright, actor, and translator of the National Revival era
 * Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986)
 * Ondřej Sekora (1899–1967), writer, journalist, cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, graphic
 * Karol Sidon (born 1942)
 * Jan Skácel (1922–1989)
 * Vladimír Škutina (1931–1995)
 * Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)
 * Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet.
 * Josef Karel Šlejhar (1864–1914), prose writer.
 * Ladislav Smoček (born 1932), playwright and theater director
 * Jiří Šotola (1924–1989), actor, poet and novelist.
 * Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Impressionist and Symbolist poet
 * Fráňa Šrámek (1877–1952), anarchist, impressionist, and vitalist, poet, novelist, and dramatist
 * Pavel Šrut (1940–2018)
 * Petr Stančík (born 1968)
 * Antal Stašek (1843–1931)
 * Vladimír Šlechta (born 1960)
 * Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930–2018), biographer
 * Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek (1783–1844), playwright
 * Tomáš Štítný ze Štítného (c. 1333 – 1401/09)
 * Eduard Štorch (1878–1956)
 * Františka Stránecká (1839–1888), writer and collector of Moravian folklore
 * Ladislav Stroupežnický (1850–1892)
 * Karolína Světlá (1830–1899)
 * Růžena Svobodová (1868–1920)

T

 * Karel Teige (1900–1951), art critic, journalist, and translator
 * Jindra Tichá (born 1937), writer and academic
 * Pavel Tigrid (1917–2003), political journalist and essayist.
 * Jan Tománek (born 1978) - Movie director and writer
 * Filip Topol (1965–2013)
 * Jáchym Topol (born 1962)
 * Josef Topol (born 1935), playwright.
 * Ctibor Tovačovský z Cimburka (1427–1494), legal and political theorist
 * Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884)
 * Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), playwright, writer and actor.

U

 * Milan Uhde (born 1936), playwright and politician.
 * Ota Ulč (born 1930), Czech-American author and columnist
 * Hermann Ungar (1893–1929), German-language writer
 * Zdeněk Urbánek (1917–2008), writer and translator.
 * Eli Urbanová (1922–2012), Esperantist novelist and poet

V

 * Josef Váchal (1884–1969)
 * Ludvík Vaculík (1926–2015)
 * Edvard Valenta (1901–1978)
 * Vladislav Vančura (1891–1942)
 * Fan Vavřincová (1917–2012)
 * Jaroslav Velinský (1932–2012)
 * Michal Viewegh (born 1962)
 * Josef Vohryzek (1926–1998), literary critic.
 * Viktor Vohryzek (1864–1918), writer, journalist and translator.
 * Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – c. 1415)
 * Jiří Voskovec (1905–1981)
 * Alena Vostrá (1938–1992), novelist
 * Václav Vratislav z Mitrovic (1576–1635), autobiographical writer.
 * Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912)
 * Ivan Vyskočil (born 1929), fiction writer and dramatist.

W

 * Alena Wagnerová (born 1936)
 * Magdalena Wagnerová (born 1960), writer and editor
 * Jiří Weil (1900–1959)
 * Richard Weiner (1884–1937)
 * Jan Weiss (1892–1972)
 * Jiří Weiss (1913–2004)
 * Franz Werfel (1890–1945)
 * Ivan Wernisch (born 1942)
 * Zikmund Winter (1846–1912)
 * Jana Witthedová (born 1948)
 * Jiří Wolker (1900–1924)

Z

 * Jan Zábrana (1931–1984)
 * Jan Zahradníček (1905–1960)
 * Pavel Zajíček (born 1951)
 * Vojtěch Zamarovský (1919–2006)
 * Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957)
 * Julius Zeyer (1841–1901), poet, dramatist and novelist.
 * Miroslav Zikmund (1919–2021)
 * Karel Zlín (born 1937)
 * Anna Zonová (born 1962)