Work on the translation of poems by Svatopluk Čech, tiring and exhausting, coincided with his first serious health problems, but the rebellious lyrics of this Czech poet, sung against the Austrian occupation, gave Šantić the strength to persevere: every verse of Svatopluk Čech, that he converted into a harmonious rhyme in our language, expressed his thoughts and his feelings.
Carl Borivoj Presl (C.Presl, 1794–1852), a Bohemian botanist, brother of Jan Svatopluk
The Slavic languages have the name which is rendered as Sviatopolk in Russian, Świętopełk in Polish and Svatopluk/Svätopluk in Czech and Slovakian.
Svatopluk Čech (February 21, 1846, Ostředek near Benešov – February 23, 1908, Prague) was a Czech writer, journalist and poet.