Jaroslav Hašek
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jaroslav Hašek (Czech: [ˈjaroslaf ˈɦaʃɛk]; 1883–1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian, first anarchist and then communist, and commissar of the Red Army against the Czechoslovak Legion. 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.
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Born | (1883-04-30)30 April 1883 Prague, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 3 January 1923(1923-01-03) (aged 39) Lipnice nad Sázavou, Czechoslovakia |
Occupation | Novelist, humorist |
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Genre | Historical satire |
Literary movement | Social realism[1] |
Notable works | The Good Soldier Švejk |
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