Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War, an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I and a satire on the ineptitude of authority figures. The novel has been translated into about 60 languages, making it the most translated novel in Czech literature.
Jaroslav Hašek
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Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)
Born | 30 April 1883 |
Died | 3 January 1923 |
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Jaroslav Hašek
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Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)
Born | 30 April 1883 |
Died | 3 January 1923 |
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Fiction, World War, 1914-1918, Soldiers, Politics and government, Czech fiction, Anecdotes, Czech Authors, Translations into English, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, Biography, Czech Short stories, Czechoslovakia, fiction, Fiction, war & military, History, Social life and customs, Authors, Czech, Czech Participation, Czech wit and humor, Czechs, Description and travel, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Homes and hauntsPlaces
Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, Bohemia (Czech Republic), Czech Republic, Israel, Prague, Russian S.F.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R.., URSSPeople
Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923), Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (1873-1920), Hans Reiman, Max, 1884-1968 BrodID Numbers
- OLID: OL71477A
- Amazon ID: B0031SP4KO
- BookBrainz: 63f92653-f483-4d8c-8a49-1da1aa15f311
- GoodReads: 1774448
- ISNI: 0000000120954918
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 118546554
- Library of Congress Names: n50041476
- LibraryThing: hasekjaroslav
- Storygraph: 4cd0691e-8662-450c-9246-aa816225ac0c
- VIAF: 4931097
- Wikidata: Q2754
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q2754
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- Jaroslav Hasek
- Ярослав Гашек
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