Jan Arnošt Smoler is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Jan Arnošt Smoler as Sorbian philologist and writer (1816–1884).
Jan Arnošt Smoler was born at Merzdorf in 1816. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Saxony. He was educated at University of Wrocław and University of Wrocław.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as linguist, writer and publisher.
The writing is recorded in German and Russian.
Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
The honours record reads: Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class (1862).
That the work was written from Kingdom of Saxony matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Jan Arnošt Smoler died in 1884, aged 68. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class — 1862
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