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Jaroslav Hašek
Jaroslav Hašek 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…
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culture · Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883–1923) · author · satirist · novelist · journalist · writer · opinion journalist · humorist · satirical novelist · also Jaroslav Hašek, I︠A︡. Gashek, I︠A︡roslav Khashek, Jaroslaw Haschek, I︠A︡roslav Gashek, I︠A︡roslav Hashek
Born 30 April 1883 · Died 3 January 1923 · Q2754
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Libcom: Jaroslav Hašek
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2013· 1 entry
Libcom: The Good Soldier Švejk - Jaroslav Hašek
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1933· 1 entry
Career landmark: Nazi book burnings.
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1928· 1 entry
Švejk turned into a theater performance of Hašek's friend Max Brod, in 1963 by Pavel Kohout
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1923· 2 entries
Died 1923-01-03.
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“Unfinished Continuation of the Famous Spanking”
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1920· 1 entry
Was wounded in an assassination attempt in Irkutsk, where he served as a member of the city soviet
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1918· 1 entry
Distinguished himself as a courageous commander of the Czechoslovak Red Army troops in the defense of Samara
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1911· 1 entry
Founded The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law
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1909· 1 entry
Had sixty-four published short stories
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1907· 1 entry
Became editor of the anarchist magazine Komuna and was briefly imprisoned for his work
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1903· 1 entry
Together wrote and released a parody of the lyrical poetry of May Shouts, in which Hašek first laughed at pathos and entered the field of humorous literature
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1902· 1 entry
Was employed by the Slavia Bank; however, he was dismissed on May 28, 1903, for being absent without permission
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1897· 1 entry
Was present at anti-German riots in Prague as a student
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1883· 1 entry
Born 1883-04-30.
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