Jaroslav Hašek
Jaroslav Hašek | |
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| Born | 30 April 1883 |
| Died | 3 January 1923 (aged 39) |
| Occupation | Novelist, humorist |
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| Genre | Historical satire |
| Literary movement | Social realism |
| Notable works | The Good Soldier Švejk |
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Jaroslav Hašek (Czech: [ˈjaroslaf ˈɦaʃɛk]; 3 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.