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at the age of eleven. The family surname had several written forms – Tylly, Tylli, Tilly or Tyll – and was later changed to Tyl. Josef Kajetán had four younger siblings: one brother and three sisters, but except sister Anna none of them survived to adulthood.
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Tyl used several pen names that were often derived from the name of his hometown
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movement and is best known as the author of the current
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