Editing Jan Neruda (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Jan Neruda.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A young Neruda<br /> (date unknown)]]
Jan Neruda was born in [[Prague]], [[Bohemia]]. He was son of a small grocer who lived in the [[Malá Strana]] district. They lived in Újezd Street and from 1836 to 1838, they lived in [[Zásmuky]], where Jan's father was born.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.zasmuky.cz/historie|publisher=Město Zásmuky|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-22}}</ref> When he was four, they moved to Ostruhová Street (now called {{ill|Nerudova Street|cs|Nerudova (Praha)}} in his honor), where they owned a house known as "U Dvou Slunců" (At the Two Suns).

His studies began in 1845 at the local [[Grammar school]] then, in 1850, continued at the Academic Grammar School in [[Clementinum]]. His favourite writers at the time were [[Heinrich Heine|Heine]], [[Lord Byron|Byron]], [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], [[Karel Hynek Mácha]] and [[Václav Bolemír Nebeský]].

After graduation he tried to study law, but he failed. He worked as a clerk for a short time, but was unhappy, so he decided to study [[philosophy]] and [[philology]] at [[Charles University]]. He then worked as a teacher until 1860, when he became a [[freelance]] journalist and writer.

He started his career at ''[[Národní listy]]'' (National Sheets). Later, he worked for ''Obrazy života'' (Pictures of Life) and ''{{ill|Čas|cs|Čas (časopis)}}'' (Time). He also contributed to ''{{ill|Květy|cs|Květy (časopis)}}''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Lexikon české literatury: osobnosti, díla, instituce..|last=HAMAN|first=Aleš|year=2000|location=Prague|pages=493–502}}</ref> (Blossoms) and ''[[Lumír]]''.

He became the de facto leader of a generation of writers that included [[Karolina Světlá]], [[Vítězslav Hálek]], [[Adolf Heyduk]] and [[Karel Sabina]]; devoted to continuing the legacy of Karel Hynek Mácha. They published their works in the literary almanac ''[[Máj (literary almanac)|Máj]]''.

By 1871, various groups had labeled Neruda as a "Traitor to the Nation", so he decided to spend some time away; visiting [[Italy]], [[Greece]], France, [[Germany]], [[Hungary]] and [[Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ireferaty.cz/100/4260/Neruda-Jan|title=Neruda Jan|website=ireferaty.cz}}</ref> He kept detailed records of these journeys, which provide an interesting testimony to his life and times, with various insights that prove him to be a good observer.

From 1883 to his death he lived on Vladislavova Street 1382/14 in [[New Town, Prague|New Town]], Prague.