Jaroslav Hašek
1883 – 1923 · aged 40
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)
- Born
- 30 Apr 1883 · Prague
- Died
- 3 Jan 1923 · Lipnice nad Sázavou
Life timeline
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- 30 Apr 1883BornBorn in Prague
- 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
- 1917WarBattle of Zborov
- 3 Jan 1923DiedDied in Lipnice nad Sázavou
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1883 – 1923).
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Jaroslav Hašek (Czech: [ˈjaroslaf ˈɦaʃɛk]; 30 April 1883 – 3 January 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 Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War, an unfinished novel 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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