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Kutná Hora
Středočeský kraj

Václavské náměstí 32

Jan Lier

Kutná Hora 1852 - Praha 1917
Czech journalist, writer, art and theatre critic
(Wikipedia)

Václav Fiala
Kolben-Danek (Blansko)
1935

Description

Commemorative plaque made of Swedish granite with a relief portrait.

The relief was modelled by Prof. Václav Fiala in Kutná Hora and cast by the company Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk in Blansko. The lettering was drawn by Alois Horáček and carved by Václav Borovička, who also installed the plaque.

Inscription(s)

Zde se narodil
spisovatel
JAN LIER
dramaturg
národního divadla
1852. 27. x. * † 2. VI. 1917

Here is born
the writer
JAN LIER
dramaturg
at the National Theatre
27 Oct. 1852 * † 2 June 1917

Artist

Václav Fiala (1896-1980), Czech painter, illustrator, graphic artist, typographer, and curator (Info).

Sources & Information

Eva Stehlíková, Oponentský posudek na práci Mgr. Petry Ježkové Obležen národem dramatiků. Jan Lier jako kritik a dramaturg Národního divadla, 2012 (PDF online).

Location (N 49°56'58" - E 15°15'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czsc011; Photograph: 9 July 2026
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