Jaroslav Hasek (1883 - 1923) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Jaroslav Hasek

Birth:	Apr. 30, 1883
Death:	Jan. 3, 1923
Author. Immensely prolific, he had written over 1,000 short stories by the time he was 30. Conscripted into the Austrian Army in 1914, he spent most of World War I in Russian POW camps and after his release served as a commissar of the Red Army. Hasek's experiences were the basis for his monumental satire "The Good Soldier Svejk" (1923), about a lovable idiot who turns the crumbling Austrian Army upside-down with his naivete; it has been translated into 60 languages. Hasek planned the novel in six volumes but had completed only four before his death at 39 of heart disease. (bio by: Bobb Edwards) Search Amazon for Jaroslav Hasek

Burial: Old Lipnice Cemetery Lipnice nad Sazavou Vysocina, Czech Republic
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Bobb Edwards Record added: Jul 20, 2004 Find A Grave Memorial# 9126758