Josef Barák
Josef Barák was a Czech politician, journalist and poet. He was a member of the Májovci literary group. He became close with Jindřich Fügner; Fügner sent money to Barák when the latter was imprisoned in 1860. According to Fügner's daughter, it was the first time her father supported a Czech cause.
From 1867 to 1873, Barák published the fortnightly newspaper Svoboda in Prague.