Bohdan Ihor Antonych was a 20th-century Ukrainian poet. In 1934 Antonych received third prize honours from the Ivan Franko Society of Writers and Journalists for his work Three Signet Rings.
Bohumil Říha was a Czechoslovak writer best known for children's books. For his lasting contribution to children's literature he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1980.
Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic was a nobleman, writer and humanist of the old Bohemian family of House of Lobkowicz. Regardless of his Bohemian roots, he explicitly referred to himself as German.