Zikmund Winter (27. 12. 1846 - 12. 6. 1912) - Czech writer, historian and educator. He advised the company to writers grouped around the magazine Zvon, where he met with Alois Jirasek example, or Karel V�clav Rais. Besides prose are important as its technical publications dealing with the cultural life of Czech towns in the 14th to 17th centuries.

Zikmund Winter was born in Prague's Old Town in the family bell ringer. After graduating from the Academic Grammar School Old Town joined the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. To study extra money to private tutoring and rewriting documents from the Prague City Archives. From 1 October 1873, he worked for a year in Pardubice real school as a teacher, after successfully passing the state examination as a tenured teacher had gone to Rakovn�ka. At the local secondary school lasted for ten years.

A lot of time spent in archives, looking for inspiration for their work. She actively participated in cultural and social life: he sang in the choir, played theater, and giving lectures. At the end of this phase, in which the fully developed his interest in history, issued a statement in The development of education Rakovnik . Winter's scientific study of the life and history of Czech towns (especially 16th century) often appeared in contemporary magazines. However, neither shy away from fiction, often inspired by old archival records, and surmised reconstructed ancient human destinies.

The Rakovn�k also returned after he left in 1884 for academic high school in Prague. In 1900 he began publishing fictional magazine Bell, whose founders belonged Winter (together with A. Jirasek and others) and which also appeared his stories. The author's finest work is novel Master Kampanus (1909), the most famous titles include the amendment of Rozina sebranec (1905), which saw the movie adaptation directed by Otakar Vavra. The heroes of his stories often end tragically, as is the case unfortunate girls Rozina.

Years spent in dusty archives took a toll on the health of the writer, suffered bouts of coughing and bronchitis. Zikmund Winter died of pneumonia while staying in the Bavarian spa Reichenhall.