V�clav Th�m (26. 10. 1765 - circa 1816) - Czech playwright, poet, translator, editor and actor. Prominent figure Czech national revival.

full name Jan V�clav Simon was born Th�m & nbsp; Prague. Already in & nbsp; less than seventeen years he became a Master of Philosophy. V & nbsp; in 1783 he started as a clerk to the & nbsp; Prague police, but after about six he was released. The reason was probably his friendly relationship to & nbsp; alcohol, & nbsp; which had problems even in & nbsp; the later years. V & nbsp; 1785 together s & nbsp; other authors prepared a two-part almanac in Poems & nbsp; speech bound to & nbsp; which wrote the foreword. The group, known as Tham wanted this collection point out that Czech is able to express even the most demanding poetry, which until then time readers know mostly from & nbsp; German literature.

V�clav Th�m very interested in the theater, whether as Games translator, playwright, director, and actor. He himself wrote over fifty plays. Initiated the establishment of a patriotic theater called Bouda, which happened in & nbsp; area of ??today's Wenceslas Square. After its cancellation (Theater borrowed) he worked briefly as a director in & nbsp; at the Theatre and Hybern� then & nbsp; various nomadic society traveled through the cities of Austria Empire. Track Vaclav Tham fades in & nbsp; Galicia, where he reportedly went, make peace with his ailing wife, actress other nomadic theater company.

One of the & nbsp; version of the legend tells that he found only her grave, where he died from exhaustion. Restless Th�m�v life inspired Alois Jir�ska to & nbsp; write a novel F.L.V�k.