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{{Short description|Poem by Karel Hynek Mácha}}
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| image         = Karel Hynek Mácha – Jan Vilímek – České album.jpg
| caption = Karel Hynek Mácha, engraving by Jan Vilímek
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| genre         = [[narrative poem]]
| publisher     = self-published
| release_date  = 1836
| media_type    = Print
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'''''Máj''''' ([[Czech language|Czech]] for the month ''May''; {{IPA|cs|maːj|pron}}; usually ''květen'') is a [[Romantic poetry|romantic]] [[poem]] by [[Karel Hynek Mácha]] in four [[canto]]s. It was fiercely criticized when first published, but since then has gained the status of one of the most prominent works of Czech literature; in the [[Czech Republic]], the poem is usually on must-read list for students and is said to be one of the most often published original Czech books with over 250 editions.<ref name="may"/>