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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Vincenc Lesný<br />
| image =Vincenc Lesný (1882-1953).jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1882|4|3}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Komárovice]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1953|4|9}}<br />
| death_place = [[Prague]]<br />
| occupation = Teacher, research scholar<br />
| nationality = [[Czechs|Czech]]<br />
| notableworks = <br />
| spouse = Milada Krausová-Lesná<br />
| children = Ivan Lesný<br />
| awards =<br />
}}<br />
'''Vincenc Lesný''' (3 April 1882, [[Komárovice]] – 9 April 1953, [[Prague]]) was a [[Czechs|Czech]] professor and research scholar of [[Indology]] and [[Iranian Studies]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
The second son of Baltazar Lesný and Victorie (née Sujerlova), Vincenc was born at [[Komárovice]], then in [[Austria-Hungary]], now in the [[Czech Republic]], on 3 April 1882. After graduation, he joined a naval academy at [[Pula]] between 1901 and 1903. He studied classical [[philology]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[Outline of Ancient India|old Indian]] culture at [[Charles University]] between 1903 and 1907. He attended lectures on [[Modern Indian Language|modern Indian languages]] in [[Oxford University|Oxford]] and [[Bonn]] in 1909-1910. On completing his studies, he first taught in schools and then in the university.<ref name="MUDr. Ivana Lesného 2013">Ze vzpomínek neurologa prof. MUDr. Ivana Lesného, DrSc., Jemnické listy, leden 2013, s. 29, časopis města Jemnice</ref><ref name="kbk">{{Cite web | first = Zejda | last = Radovan | title = Vincenc Lesný | url = http://www.kronikahoracka.cz/vyznamne-osobnosti/vincenc-lesny.html | language=cs|date = 2002}}</ref><br />
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==Santiniketan==<br />
He was a student of [[Moriz Winternitz]]. In 1920, [[Rabindranath Tagore]] met him during his visit to Czechoslovakia. Lesný was an admirer of Tagore's poetry and had translated in 1914, some of his prose and poetry into [[Czech language|Czech]] and published it - ''Rabindranath Thakur : Ukázky poesie a prosy''. When Winternitz joined [[Visva Bharati University]] in 1923 as a visiting professor, Lesný also went to [[Santiniketan]]. He taught [[German language|German]] and himself learnt [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. He had mastered Sanskrit before going to Santiniketan. Lesný went back after a short time but again returned to Santiniketan in 1928 as a professor.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/VincencLesny.html| title = Vincenc Lesný (1882-1953) |work= Great Personalities| publisher = Visva Bharati |accessdate = 16 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Later life==<br />
At the Charles University in Prague, he became associate professor of Indology in 1924, full professor in 1930 and took over management of the [[Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague|Faculty of Arts]] in 1937. Since 1945, he was director of the [[Oriental Institute, ASCR|Oriental Institute]] at Prague.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.libri.cz/databaze/orient/main.php | title = Vincenc Lesný" v encyklopedii |work= Czech | publisher = Libri |accessdate = 26 April 2010}}</ref><br />
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His wife, Milada Krausová-Lesná, was a Czech translator from [[Scandinavian languages]]. Their son, Ivan Lensy, was a doctor and a writer.<ref name="MUDr. Ivana Lesného 2013"/><ref>{{Cite web| title = Ze vzpomínek neurologa prof. MUDr. Ivana Lesného, DrSc.| url = https://anzdoc.com/obsah-ze-vzpominek-neurologa-prof-mudr-ivana-lesneho-drsc-je.html |work= Czech| date = 2007}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
His book ''Buddhism: Buddha and Buddhism of the Pali Canon'' (1921) was an objective view of Buddhism. His ''Spirit of India ''presented history and religion in India in a historical context. He translated extensively. His later translations of Tagore were the first directly from Bengali to Czech.<ref name="kbk"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Višvabháratí - duchovní brána do Indie|url=http://www.kronikahoracka.cz/vyznamne-osobnosti/vincenc-lesny.html|work= Czech|date=2002}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Czech orientalists]]<br />
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