Jaroslav Hašek
Novelist, Author
1883 – 1923
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Who was Jaroslav Hašek?
Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel The Good Soldier Švejk, an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I and a satire on the ineptitude of authority figures. Novel has been translated into about sixty languages, therefore it is the most translated novel of a Czech literature.
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- Born
- Apr 30, 1883
Prague - Also known as
- Jaroslav Hasek
- Jaroslav Hašek
- Jaroslav Hašek
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Jarmila Mayerová
(1910/05/23 - 1923/01/03) - Alexandra Grigorjevna Lvovova
(1920/05 - 1923/01/03)
- Jarmila Mayerová
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Czechs
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Profession
- Lived in
- Prague
- Died
- Jan 3, 1923
Lipnice nad Sázavou
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on July 23, 2013
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