Jaroslav Hašek
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| + | '''Jaroslav Hašek''' ([[April 30]], [[1883]] – [[January 3]], [[1923]]) was a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] humorist and satirist who became well-known mainly for his world-famous [[novel]] ''[[The Good Soldier Švejk]]'', an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in [[World War I]], which has been translated into sixty languages. He also wrote some 1,500 short stories. He was a journalist, [[Bohemianism|bohemian]], and practical joker. His short life had many odd parallels with another Prague contemporary, the Jewish writer [[Franz Kafka]] (1883–1924). | ||
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Jaroslav Hašek (April 30, 1883 – January 3, 1923) was a Czech humorist and satirist who became well-known mainly for his world-famous novel The Good Soldier Švejk, an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I, which has been translated into sixty languages. He also wrote some 1,500 short stories. He was a journalist, bohemian, and practical joker. His short life had many odd parallels with another Prague contemporary, the Jewish writer Franz Kafka (1883–1924).
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