Subasta Bidspirit | JIRASEK ALOIS: (1851-1930) Czech Writer

JIRASEK ALOIS: (1851-1930) Czech Writer and Author of historical novels. Jirasek was nominated four ... - JIRASEK ALOIS: (1851-1930) Czech Writer and Author of historical novels. Jirasek was nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Autograph poem, ` Alois Jirasek ´, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., 4 th January 1922, to Henri Corbiere, in Czech. Jirasek responds to his correspondent´s question about his life motto, and beneath the question responds in a bold and clean writing ´ Gráce, práce! Gráce - z povinnoski a prêce - z lásky a da se nebojí - zapomenutí a nečeká slávy´, (“….not afraid - forgetting and not waiting for fame”) . Small overall minor age toning, otherwise G