Josef Florian

Josef Florian was a book publisher and translator from Bohemia and later Czechoslovakia.
He was famous for the high quality of books he published in his small publishing company in Stará Říše. Both local authors and foreign translations were published in topics including philosophy, theology, medieval literature and scientific studies — totalling 387 publications in editions Dobré dílo, Studium, Nova et Vetera, Kurs and Archy.
Florian's daughter,, was a painter and artist. His granddaughter, Juliana Jirousová, was also a painter noted for her paintings of Catholic saints and a signatory of Charter 77.